To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this 'Great God, grant that twice two be not four'.
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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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