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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

Simone Weil

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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God Love Ourselves Reason
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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Equality Expression Human Need Principle Recognition
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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Citizenship Country Economics International Peace War
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
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
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself

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