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If goodness has causes, it is...

If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.

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Pure and complete sorrow is a...

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

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When the suffering of another...

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.

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Eating meat is a leftover of ...

Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of enlightenment.

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Suddenly I heard the words of...

Suddenly I heard the words of Christ and understood them, and life and death ceased to seem to me evil, and instead of despair I experienced happiness and the joy of life undisturbed by death.

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The teaching of the church, t...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery.

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All the variety, all the char...

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

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The truth is obtained like go...

The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold

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Is it really possible to tell...

Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?

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All the true heroes of histor...

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

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All men's instincts, all thei...

All men's instincts, all their impulses in life, are efforts to increase their freedom. Wealth and poverty, health and disease, culture and ignorance, labor and leisure, repletion and hunger, virtue and vice, are all terms for greater or less degree of freedom.

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Be bad, but at least don't be...

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

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The goal of our life should n...

The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this task. The most selfish and hateful life of all is that of two beings who unite in order to enjoy life. The highest calling is that of the man who has dedicated his life to serving God and doing good, and who unites with a woman in order to further that purpose.

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I think... if it is true that...

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

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It is within my power either ...

It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.

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If you do not know your place...

If you do not know your place in the world and the meaning of your life, you should know there is something to blame; and it is not the social system, or your intellect, but the way in which you have directed your intellect.

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The most mentally deranged pe...

The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves.

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The true meaning of Christ's ...

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

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It seems that it is impossibl...

It seems that it is impossible to live without discovering the purpose of your life. And the first thing which a person should do is to understand the meaning of life. But the majority of people who consider themselves to be educated are proud that they have reached such great height that they cease to care about the meaning of existence.

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Writing laws is easy, but gov...

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.

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