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Love is not consolation, it is light.

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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
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
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
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
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
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
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
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
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
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul

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