If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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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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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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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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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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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 glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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