Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
SIMONE WEILNever react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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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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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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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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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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