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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.

Simone Weil

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
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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Each Other Friendship Seperate
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
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
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
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
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
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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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison

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