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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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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
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
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
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
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
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul

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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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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