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
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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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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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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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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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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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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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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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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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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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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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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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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