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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.

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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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Exception Gift Loan Value
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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Equality Expression Human Need Principle Recognition
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
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 world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
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
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
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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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place

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