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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

Simone Weil

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
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
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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Citizenship Country Economics International Peace War
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
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
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison

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