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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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Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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Exception Gift Loan Value
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
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
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
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
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
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

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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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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