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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

Simone Weil

It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.
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Choices Direction God World Worship
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
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
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
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
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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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
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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Himself Lose Men Money
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
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

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