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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.

Simone Weil

The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
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
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
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
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star

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