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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

Simone Weil

Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Even 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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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination Reality
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
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
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
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
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity

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