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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

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Himself Lose Men Money
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
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
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
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
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
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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Direction Fall Love Oneself Soul
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

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