Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
SIMONE WEILReligion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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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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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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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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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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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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