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“The Modern world is arranged such that a free man with a moderate salary could more or less purchase the life of an inmate for himself and even prefer such a life to a conventional life of freedom.”

Book:Love What Lasts: How to Save Your Soul from Mediocrity

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“We do not deserve a better culture than the one we have; every culture is perfectly suited to the music it produces, the churches it builds, and the poems it writes. We cannot lament our inability to build a fitting sequel to St. Peter’s Basilica without simultaneously lamenting our complete lack of a theology that might compel us to do so.”

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“A man is free to do good to the extent that he does good. If a man claims he could do good, but doesn’t do it, he either doesn’t know what goodness is or he doesn’t know what freedom means.”

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“At fifty most women are old bags, used up and wrinkled, ready for the garbage can. But as I have been kind to the years, the years have been kind to me; I too know how to make a deal. I don't claim prettiness. Mine is a mature face, a face which tells a story. Many stories. It is a face which survives to tell.”

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“The beauty itself is pure and simple.”

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“It is enough to cast our eyes around and notice the miracles of simplicity.”

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“The room turned gray, then white. The bed felt cold without him, and too large. I heard no sounds, and the stillness frightened me. It is like a tomb. I rose and rubbed my limbs, slapped them awake, trying to ward off a rising hysteria. This is what it will be, every day, without him.”

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“Simplicity functions in nature, the arts and sciences, or anything we do.”

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“The truth, like beauty, should be simple to exude its uttermost meaning and purpose.”

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“Beauty is the glorification of the world and existence at their best.”

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“By praising beauty, we improve, among other things, our constant development and evolution in search of meaning.”

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