Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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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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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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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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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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Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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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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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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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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