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It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.

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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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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
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
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
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
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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Equality Expression Human Need Principle Recognition
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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
For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
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Each Other Friendship Seperate

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