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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.

Simone Weil

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
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
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
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
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
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
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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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
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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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim

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