Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
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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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In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
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Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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