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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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It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
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
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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Country Death Industry Men 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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Direction Distance Ourselves Sin Wrong
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
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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
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
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand

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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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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