In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
SIMONE WEILEvery sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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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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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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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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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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The world is God’s language to us.
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Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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