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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.

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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
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
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
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
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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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Art Destruction Effort Human Noble
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
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
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way

Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.

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