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Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.

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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
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
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
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
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
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
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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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
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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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim
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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Goodness Heart Human Object World
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution

Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.

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