Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
SIMONE WEILOfficial history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
More Simone Weil Quotes
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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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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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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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