Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
SIMONE WEILIf you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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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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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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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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Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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