Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
SIMONE WEILJoy is being fully aware of reality.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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