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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.

Simone Weil

Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
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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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
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
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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
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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves

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