Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
SIMONE WEILThose who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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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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Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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