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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.

Simone Weil

It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
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
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
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
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

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