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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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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
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
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
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
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
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
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
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
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin

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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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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