More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world it is to fight them in ourselves and in others.
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There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved and not the reverse.
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