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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
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
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
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
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
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
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Equality God Gratitude Inspirational Love Purity Suffering
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand

I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

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