Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
SIMONE WEILModern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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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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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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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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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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