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

Simone Weil

It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Adversity Grace Religious Transformation Trouble
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
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
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
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
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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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
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

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