Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.
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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.Georges Bernanos
What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
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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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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
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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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