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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.

Simone Weil

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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
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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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
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
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner 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
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
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

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