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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

Simone Weil

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
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
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 without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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Exception Gift Loan Value
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Divine Earth God Love Myself Talk Way
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution

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