In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
SIMONE WEILAn atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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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.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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