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Joy is being fully aware of reality.

Simone Weil

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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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
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
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
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
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way

Joy is being fully aware of reality.

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