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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Empty Grace Inspirational Space
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
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
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
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

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