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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.

Simone Weil

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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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
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
For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
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Each Other Friendship Seperate
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.
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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
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

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