Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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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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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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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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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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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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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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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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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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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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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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