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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

Simone Weil

At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
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
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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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
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
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
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

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