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The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.

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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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
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
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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God Love Ourselves Reason

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