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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

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In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value (perhaps) than a human spirit. Its value lies in the greater possibility of attention.

Lies, Lying, Moon, Stars, Things, Value
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

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Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

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Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.

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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Christian, Religious, Adversity, Grace, Wish, Transform

Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.

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