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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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We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
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
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
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
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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God Love Ourselves Reason
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Attention One Liner Prayer
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity

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

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