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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.

Simone Weil

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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
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
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
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
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
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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Direction Fall Love Oneself Soul
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
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
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space

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