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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.

Simone Weil

We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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God Love Ourselves Reason
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
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
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Aspect Atheist Concentration Love
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Equality God Gratitude Inspirational Love Purity Suffering
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance

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