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When I touch a human hand, I touch heaven.


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I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations.

I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations.



As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.

As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.



Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.



We are made to know and love God.

We are made to know and love God.



Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.



God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected.

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected.



You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.

You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.



I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic and algebra.

I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic and algebra.



Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.



One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.

One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.





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Ego is the central figure of our personal history, based upon the past and looking into the future. Ego is the deepest dream of the Consciousness.



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To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.

To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.



I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.



When you cannot be just through virtue, be so through pride.

When you cannot be just through virtue, be so through pride.



So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you have a desire that stirs the heart.

So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you have a desire that stirs the heart.



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I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.



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The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan.




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