Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
SIMONE WEILWhen 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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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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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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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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