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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Aspect Atheist Concentration Love
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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Exception Gift Loan Value
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
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
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom

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