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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

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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
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
It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
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
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Aspect Atheist Concentration Love

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

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