Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.

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The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

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If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

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Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

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Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.

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We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

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Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.

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