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We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
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Book Creation Life Novel Oneself
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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History Man Religious
A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself
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 never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
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
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
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Divine Link Mediation Religious True
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
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Oneself Properly Truth
In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
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Disturb Intelligence Smart Soul

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

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