Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
SIMONE WEILWhenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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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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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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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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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 not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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