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Principles are what people have instead of God.


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Every evil screams only one message: 'I am good.'

Every evil screams only one message: 'I am good.'



Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him.

Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him.



The only real fall of man is his noneucharistic life in a noneucharistic world.

The only real fall of man is his noneucharistic life in a noneucharistic world.



It seems to me that any ideology is bad because it is inevitably reductive and identifies other ideologies as evil, and itself with truth, whereas both truth and goodness are always transcendent.

It seems to me that any ideology is bad because it is inevitably reductive and identifies other ideologies as evil, and itself with truth, whereas both truth and goodness are always transcendent.



If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.

If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.



Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church.

Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church.



Academic theology is false.

Academic theology is false.



In the process of replacing the old religions, Christianity became a religion.

In the process of replacing the old religions, Christianity became a religion.



We should have understood long ago that there is, in this world, religion without God, religion as a center of all idols that possess fallen man, religion that is the justification for these idols.

We should have understood long ago that there is, in this world, religion without God, religion as a center of all idols that possess fallen man, religion that is the justification for these idols.





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The worldly life has arisen through the ego. One is indeed free if the ego dissolves. What is the foundation on which the ego stands? It is the ignorance of the Self.

The worldly life has arisen through the ego. One is indeed free if the ego dissolves. What is the foundation on which the ego stands? It is the ignorance of the Self.



There is no collective thinking.

There is no collective thinking.



The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.



This ain't rock 'n' roll. This is genocide!

This ain't rock 'n' roll. This is genocide!



Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.



A talent is a combination of something you love a great deal and something you can lose yourself in - something that you can start at 9 o'clock, look up from your work and it's 10 o'clock at night.

A talent is a combination of something you love a great deal and something you can lose yourself in - something that you can start at 9 o'clock, look up from your work and it's 10 o'clock at night.



People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?

People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?



I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.



Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency.

Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency.



It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.




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