Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
SIMONE WEILGod is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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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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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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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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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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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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