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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.

Simone Weil

True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
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
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
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
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
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity

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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