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speaking metaphysically, the only genuine hope is hope in what does not depend on ourselves, hope springing from humility and not from pride.

— Gabriel Marcel The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

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The greatest merit of the critical spirit is that it tends to cure fanaticism, and it is logical enough that in our own fanatical times the critical spirit should tend to disappear.

Man Against Mass Society (1952)

We are living in a world which seems to be founded on the refusal to reflect.

Man Against Mass Society (1952)

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

Man Against Mass Society (1952)

No two beings, and no two situations, are really commensurable with each other. To become aware of this fact is to undergo a sort of crisis.

Man Against Mass Society (1952)

When the pessimist Besme says in La Ville that nothing is, he means precisely this, that there is no experience that withstands the analytical test.

The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

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Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.

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