To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
SIMONE WEIL
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Simone WeilSimone Weil God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
Simone WeilSimone Weil We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Simone WeilSimone Weil A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
Simone WeilSimone Weil 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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The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever.
Anne FrankAnne Frank The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.
Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe The heart is forever inexperienced.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn’t want it, you cannot take it back. It’s gone forever.
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