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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.

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
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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Exception Gift Loan Value
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
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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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin

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