“ And now she was thinking of her own death, with her heart gripped not by fear but by the excitement of a great discovery, the feeling that she was about to learn what she had been unable to learn from her brief experience of love. What she thought about death was childish, but what could never have touched her in the past now filled her with poignant tenderness, as sometimes a familiar face we see suddenly with the eyes of love makes us aware that it has been dearer to us than life itself for longer than we have ever realized. ”
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“ It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. ”
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“ It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. ”
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“ Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the most cruel. ”
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“ Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories. ”
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“ The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. ”
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“ The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. ”
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“ Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the most cruel. ”
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“ Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the most cruel. ”
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“ Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the most cruel. ”
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“ The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands… ”
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“ It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. ”
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“ Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. ”
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“ The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us. ”
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“ God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, they don't know it. ”
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“ A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. ”
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“ Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of their envy, without understanding that what they ask of you is not so much your worldly goods, as something very hard to define, which they themselves can put no name to; yet at times it consoles their loneliness; a dream of splendor, of magnificence, a tawdry dream, a poor man's dream — and yet God blesses it! ”
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“ What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. ”
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“ God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, they don't know it. ”
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“ Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. ”
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“ The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands… ”
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“ A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. ”
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“ What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. ”
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“ The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. ”
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“ The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. ”
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“ Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. ”
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“ A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. ”
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“ Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. ”
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“ And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons on earth, to which you condemn in advance all the wretched felons your police have hunted from the beginning — "enemies of society," as you call them… ”
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