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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.

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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
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
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
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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God Love Ourselves Reason
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination Reality
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 only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True

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