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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

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 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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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
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
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
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
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
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
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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
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
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom
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
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality

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