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

Simone Weil

Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
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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God Love Ourselves Reason
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
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
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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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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Exception Gift Loan Value
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
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.
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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin

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

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