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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.

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
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
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
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Adversity Grace Religious Transformation Trouble
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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
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
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
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World

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