The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
SIMONE WEILThe love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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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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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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