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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

Simone Weil

Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
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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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
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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Himself Lose Men Money
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True

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