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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

Simone Weil

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
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
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
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble

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