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I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

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It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
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
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Boredom Evil Happiness Imagination 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
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Adversity Grace Religious Transformation Trouble
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand

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