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Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it.


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In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.



Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.

Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.



Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.



Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience.

Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience.



In the intelligent man faith is the only remedy for anguish.The fool is cured by “reason, ” “progress, ” alcohol, work.

In the intelligent man faith is the only remedy for anguish.The fool is cured by “reason, ” “progress, ” alcohol, work.



In spiritually arid centuries, the only man to realize that the century is dying from thirst is the man who still harnesses an underground spring.

In spiritually arid centuries, the only man to realize that the century is dying from thirst is the man who still harnesses an underground spring.



Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching thewalls of his dungeon.

Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching thewalls of his dungeon.



Phrases are pebbles that the writer tosses into the reader’s soul.The diameter of the concentric waves they displace depends on the dimensions of the pond.

Phrases are pebbles that the writer tosses into the reader’s soul.The diameter of the concentric waves they displace depends on the dimensions of the pond.



In unremarkable texts we soon trip on phrases that penetrate into us, as if a sword has thrust up to its hilt inside us.

In unremarkable texts we soon trip on phrases that penetrate into us, as if a sword has thrust up to its hilt inside us.



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Everything that makes man feel that mystery envelops him makes him more intelligent.





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The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life.



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If Christianity should happen to be true - that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe - then defending it may mean talking about anything and everything.



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If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.



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