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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Simone Weil

The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.
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Choices Direction God World Worship
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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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
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
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
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
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
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
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
It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual

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