“Thus the more readily we accept grief, the deeper in us the awakening of the love which is not attachment but a positive serenity, pure and full of faith, the infinite in a loving act, even though in bitterness and tears.”

— Aldo Capitini

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Italian philosopher and political activist 1899–1968

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