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Joy is being fully aware of reality.

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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up 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
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
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
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Attention Caring Generosity Kindness Purity
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
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom

Joy is being fully aware of reality.

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