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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.

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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
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
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
It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
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 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
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
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
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
It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Divine Earth God Love Myself Talk Way

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