The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
SIMONE WEILIt is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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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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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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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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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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