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[S]ince being is analogical, we are quite correct in using the same words, in particular the word 'being', for both God and his creatures.

— Henri de Lubac The Eternal Feminine (1968)

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The denser the ignorance, the more enlightened it thinks itself to be.

Paradoxes of Faith (1959)

Nothing is more ingenious, more obstinate, nastier—indeed, in a sense, more clear sighted, than mediocrity harrying every form of superiority that offends it.

Paradoxes of Faith (1959)

The faithful soul is always an open soul.

Theology in History (1990)

For a spiritual and metaphysical crisis, only a remedy of the same nature is appropriate.

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Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

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