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War is the supreme form of prestige.

Simone Weil

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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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
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Each Other Friendship Seperate
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
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
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering

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