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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.
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The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.
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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
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Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
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It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.
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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
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