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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.

Simone Weil

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Direction Distance Ourselves Sin Wrong
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
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
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
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
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Aspect Atheist Concentration Love
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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Citizenship Country Economics International Peace War

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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