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It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.

Simone Weil

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
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
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
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim
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
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
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
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
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
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
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star

It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.

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