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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Simone Weil

Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
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
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
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
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
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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Direction Fall Love Oneself Soul
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
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
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
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
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

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