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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

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
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
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
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
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
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
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
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
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
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
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People

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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