"The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth."

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"The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth."

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"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

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"Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind."

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"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

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"What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door."

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"She said we all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable."

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"The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free."

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"Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you."

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"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

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"Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church."

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"Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance."

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"One of our deepest needs is to be at home."

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