Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
SIMONE WEILOfficial history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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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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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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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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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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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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The world is God’s language to us.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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