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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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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Exception Gift Loan Value
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
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
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
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
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Angry Grief Production Struggle
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
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
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
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
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
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot

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