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Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.

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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams
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
You are alone with everything you love.
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Alone Love Yourself
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
The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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Beginning Glorious History Man Paradise Religious
Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
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Book End Infinite Reason
The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
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Intimate Seek Soul Universe
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.
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Active Genius Moral Person Poet Poetry True
Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
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Friendship Harvest Modest Poor Result
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Artist Life Meaning
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
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Fight Oneself Truth
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
Play is experimenting with chance.
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Chance Experiment One Liner Play

Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.

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