All sins are attempts to fill voids.
SIMONE WEILWe only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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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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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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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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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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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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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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