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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.

Simone Weil

Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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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Exception Gift Loan Value
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
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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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue

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