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St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

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Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. ↗

— Balthus

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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. ↗

— Balthus

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Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. ↗

— Balthus

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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

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We rode the basement trains all night, speeding through the subterrains. I held her chin in the cup of my hand and her eyes held tight to mine, imploring me to reveal to her the mystery of that which awaits us on the pavement above, come the day we ascend from this labyrinth of trains... 'We will ride these beautiful basement trains forever,' said I, 'nothing awaits us; and as your beauty folds, so do my dreams. Come, my love, let us wander these tunnels of the endless city. This holy, endless city! ↗

— Roman Payne

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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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