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.
SIMONE WEILPatriotism is idolatry of the self.
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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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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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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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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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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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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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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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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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