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" A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. "
Illusion
Bread
Hope
" A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. "
Much
Action
Thought
" Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. "
Enough
Never
Masses
" Faith is not a thing which one 'loses', we merely cease to shape our lives by it. "
Faith
Which
Shape
" Hell, madam, is to love no longer. "
Love
To Love
Madam
" Hope is a risk that must be run. "
Hope
Must
Risk
" It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. "
Fear
Brave
Brave Man
" It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. "
Must
You
Rise Above
" Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. "
Peace
Gardening
Flowers
" No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness. "
Loneliness
His
Depths
" 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. "
Speak
Need
Knowledge
" The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. "
Alive
End
Society
" The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. "
Duties
Modern
Rights
" The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us. "
Prayer
Us
Wish
" Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward. "
Truth Is
You
Truth
" 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! "
Warm
Matter
Sleep
" Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. "
You
Sin
Who
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