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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
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
The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Beautiful Environmental Religious Smile World
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
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
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
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
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality
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
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering

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