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The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.


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If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.



Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.



Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.




Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.



Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.



We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.



What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.



I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.



Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.





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In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.

In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.



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And who did she have? The thought caught her up short, but then she smiled, remembering the preacher's words. She had the Lord. He was her foundation, and that was enough.

And who did she have? The thought caught her up short, but then she smiled, remembering the preacher's words. She had the Lord. He was her foundation, and that was enough.



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Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.



Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself. That hurts the most.

Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself. That hurts the most.



We grow our courage muscles like we grow our physical muscles, by using them.

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Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.

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What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.

What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.



One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.

One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.



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I am never merry when I hear sweet music.




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