A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
SIMONE WEILWe must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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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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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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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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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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