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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.

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The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
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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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
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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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
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 mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People

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