Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.

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In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

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Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, What are you going through

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

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