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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.

Simone Weil

We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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
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
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
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
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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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering

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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