Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.

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For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no...

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no...

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

The role of the intelligence -that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates...

The role of the intelligence -that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates...

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured...

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured...

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live,...

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live,...

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable...

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable...

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day,...

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day,...

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite...

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite...

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.