Joy is being fully aware of reality.
SIMONE WEILIf you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
More Simone Weil Quotes
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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