Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
SIMONE WEILContradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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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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