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

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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
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
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
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Direction Distance Ourselves Sin Wrong
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
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
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Equality Expression Human Need Principle Recognition
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
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love

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