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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

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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
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
It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Divine Earth God Love Myself Talk Way
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
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
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
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
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

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