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Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

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The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
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Finding Forever Future Mystery Path World
Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.
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Attention Kind
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition
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
We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
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Dreams Wake Up
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.
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Character Fate Feeling Myself Realization
Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.
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Distance People Poetry Romantic
Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole
We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Body Hands Heaven Human Lie Touch
Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.
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Betrayal Lying Man Oneself Question Sacrifice Truth
Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.
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Appearance Beginning Childhood Earth Education Person Stage
Where are we really going? Always home.
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Deep Home Spiritual Travel
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
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Desire Event Life Material Power Willing
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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Democracy Fact Man Right Root

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