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At the centre of the human he...

At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.

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To die for God is not a proof...

To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.

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When a man's life is destroye...

When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him.

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The great error of nearly all...

The great error of nearly all studies of war, an error into which all socialists have fallen, has been to consider war as an episode in foreign politics when it is especially an act of internal politics and the most atrocious act of all . . . Since the directing apparatus has no other way of fighting the enemy than by sending its own soldiers, under compulsion, to their death-the war of one state against another state resolves itself into a war of the state and the military apparatus against its own people.

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We only possess what we renou...

We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.

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The right to kill: supposing ...

The right to kill: supposing the life of X ... were linked with our own so that the two deaths had to be simultaneous, should we still wish him to die? If with our whole body and soul we desire life and if nevertheless without lying, we can reply 'yes'> then we have the right to kill.

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It is grace that forms the vo...

It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.

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Whether the mask is labeled f...

Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers' enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others.

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There can be a true grandeur ...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.

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The contemporary form of true...

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

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If Germany, thanks to Hitler ...

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

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We are like horses who hurt t...

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

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For when two beings who are n...

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.

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It is not the cause for which...

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

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With no matter what human bei...

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.

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To want friendship is a great...

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

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We must prefer real hell to a...

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

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Force is as pitiless to the m...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

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As soon as men know that they...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

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Whatever debases the intellig...

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

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