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In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Simone Weil

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
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
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
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
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
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
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
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

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

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