It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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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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Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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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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Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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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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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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