Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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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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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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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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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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Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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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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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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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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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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To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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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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Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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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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