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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.

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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
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
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
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
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.
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Choices Direction God World Worship
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
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
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination Reality

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