Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
SIMONE WEILPrayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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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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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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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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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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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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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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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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