Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
SIMONE WEILHuman existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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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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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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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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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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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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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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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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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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