Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
SIMONE WEILThere is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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