It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
SIMONE WEILThe glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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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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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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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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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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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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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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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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