It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
SIMONE WEILEven 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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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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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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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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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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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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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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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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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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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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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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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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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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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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