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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.

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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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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
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
It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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Direction Fall Love Oneself Soul
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
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
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
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Adversity Grace Religious Transformation Trouble
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky

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