"Human love is often but the encounter of…" — Francois Mauriac
"Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses."
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31 Quotes by Francois Mauriac
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It seems that, after nineteen centuries of extraordinary glorification, the small Host for which so many cathedrals have sprung up,…
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The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do…
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This God who, as the psalmist said, built His tabernacles in the sun, now establishes Himself in the very core…
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Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as…
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The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of…
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The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our…
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That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.
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We are, all of us, molded and remolded by those who have loved us, and though that love may pass,…
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The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.
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Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.
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I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.
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Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic…
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More Encounter Quotes
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I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter…
— Margaret Atwood
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
— Sai Baba
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As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the…
— Antonio Banderas
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
— David Brin
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but…
— Albert Camus
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
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There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus…
— James E. Faust
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Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as…
— Pope John Paul II
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Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not…
— Douglas Smith
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In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and…
— Unknown Author
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We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God…
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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