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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.

Simone Weil

Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
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
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
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
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
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Divine Earth God Love Myself Talk Way
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity

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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