Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
SIMONE WEILTruth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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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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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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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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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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