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Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.
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Cultivation Himself Intellectual Master Purpose
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.
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Beginning Close Complete Death Life Reduction Unity
To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Oneself Properly Truth
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
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
We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Body Hands Heaven Human Lie Touch
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
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
Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
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Delicate Talk Thinking
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
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
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
Nature is a petrified magic city.
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City Magic Nature One Liner Perspective

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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