the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

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I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.

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When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.

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A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.

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This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.

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Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.

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God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

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If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.

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You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

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