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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.

Simone Weil

It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
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
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
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
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
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
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul

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