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We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .

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We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
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Dreams Wake Up
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun
Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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Build Enough Heart Mindset Spirit Strive
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Artist Life Meaning
In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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Art Chaos Discipline Order Work
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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History Man Religious
The seat of the soul is where the inner world and the outer world meet. Where they overlap, it is in every point of the overlap.
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Philosophy Point Soul World
Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Instrument Musician Nature Ourselves
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
Humanity is a comic role.
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Cosmos Humanity Role
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
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Freedom God Immortal Philosophy Practical
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap

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