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

Simone Weil

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
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
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
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
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
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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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination Reality
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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Equality Expression Human Need Principle Recognition
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
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
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin

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