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- We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
- If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond…
- Love is its own reward....
- If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
- Our real journey in life is interior; It is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of…
- It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and sister.
- We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we…
- As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this…
- To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.
- As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to a dry leaf…
- Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting…
- We who claim to love peace and justice must always be careful that we do not use our righteousness to provoke the violent, and in…
- Love is our true destiny.
- One opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and…
- When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.
- We do not exist for ourselves.
- Today will never come again.
- The desire to kill is like the desire to attack another with a red hot iron. I have to pick up the incandescent metal and…
- Take more time, cover less ground.
- When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is…
- See, see Who God is, see the glory of God, going up to Him out of this incomprehensible and infinite Sacrifice in which all history…
- It is by the Holy Spirit that we love those who are united to us in Christ. The more plentifully we have received of the…
- It is not merely our own desire but the desire of Christ in His Spirit that drives us to grow in love. Those who seldom…
- To know the Cross is not merely to know our own sufferings. For the Cross is the sign of salvation, and no man is saved…
- It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this…
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- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe. — Dario Argento
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
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