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

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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
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
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Divine Earth God Love Myself Talk Way
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
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
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

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