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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

Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
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Each Other Friendship Seperate
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
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 intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
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
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination Reality
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand

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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