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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.

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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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
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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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
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
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Goodness Heart Human Object World
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
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
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
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Citizenship Country Economics International Peace War

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