Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
SIMONE WEILWhat a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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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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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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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 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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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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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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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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