One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that...

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that...

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...

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves,...

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves,...

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

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

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like...

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like...

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are...

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are...

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...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time...

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual...

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual...

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 highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose...

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose...

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the...

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the...

If intelligence is the ability to adapt to change, then wisdom is to know how...

If intelligence is the ability to adapt to change, then wisdom is to know how...