The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
SIMONE WEILIt is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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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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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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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 without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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