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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

Simone Weil

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Aspect Atheist Concentration Love
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
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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Each Other Friendship Seperate
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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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God Love Ourselves Reason
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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

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