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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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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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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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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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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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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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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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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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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