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Simone Weil

Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination Reality
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself

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