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.
SIMONE WEILWe must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
More Simone Weil Quotes
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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.
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Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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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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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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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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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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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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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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