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Mary shared the obscure condition of faith that is that of the other redeemed.

— René Laurentin

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There is no true love for the sinner without hatred for his sin.

Thérèse of Lisieux was one of the sources of inspiration for the philosopher Henri Bergson during the final stage of his search, in which he found God thanks to the testimony of mystics.

If heaven chooses what does not exist according to the world, it is not for the gratuitous pleasure of mocking the world.

The events at Lourdes present an order, a harmony that becomes increasingly apparent as one delves deeper.

We sinners oscillate dangerously between harshness and complicity towards others.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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