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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

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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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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
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
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
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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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim
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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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Equality God Gratitude Inspirational Love Purity Suffering
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence

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