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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
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
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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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Citizenship Country Economics International Peace War
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
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
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
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
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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

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