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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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Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
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
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
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
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
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
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
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
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman

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