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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Simone Weil

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
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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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
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
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
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
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
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea

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