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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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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
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
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
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
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
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
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
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
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
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
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves

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