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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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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
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Equality God Gratitude Inspirational Love Purity Suffering
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Mistake Ourselves Understand
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Empty Fly Sin
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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
Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Life Light Love
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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Empty Grace
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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Evil React Way
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim
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
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
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
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Forever Fragile Fruit Star
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True

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