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The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.

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Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in t...more

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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

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When loving with human love one may pass from love to hatred, but divine love cannot change.

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Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

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if they hadn’t both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just what they were thinking an...more

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And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, th...more

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The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to labor, and the labor was ...more

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I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

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He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

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In my considered opinion, salary is payment for goods delivered and it must conform to the law of supply and demand. If, therefore, the fixed salary i...more

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I often think with regret of that fresh, beautiful feeling of boundless, disinterested love which came to an end without having ever found self-expres...more

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What better time is there in our lives than when the two best of virtues-innocent gaiety and a boundless yearning for affection-are our sole objects o...more

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Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delig...more

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...And there really are men who believe in this, who spend their time in promoting Leagues of Peace, in delivering addresses, and in writing books; an...more