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
SIMONE WEIL
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Simone Weil82 quotes“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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Simone WeilSimone Weil 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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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher I miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.
Afeni ShakurAfeni Shakur I admit, I don’t look like the athlete of the day’s supposed to look. My belly’s just a little big, my heinie’s just a little big, but, brother, I am bad, and they know I’m bad.
Michaela CoelMichaela Coel It’s true that what is morbid is highly valued today, and so you may think that I am only joking or that I’ve devised just one more means of praising Art with the help of irony.
Czeslaw MiloszCzeslaw Milosz Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
Hinnah MianHinnah Mian Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
SophoclesSophocles Most days, I am the rain. – And that’s okay.
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