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.
SIMONE WEILEverything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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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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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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What 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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Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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