The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
SIMONE WEILThe intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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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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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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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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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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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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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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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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