We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
SIMONE WEILGod’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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The world is God’s language to us.
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A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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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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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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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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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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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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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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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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