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Nature is a petrified magic city.

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The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.
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Body Earth Organic Philosophy Science Water
Where are we really going? Always home.
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Deep Home Spiritual Travel
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
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
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
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
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
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Belief Mindset Moments Myself Quite
Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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God Life Mathematics
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
The badge of honesty is simplicity.
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Honesty One Liner Simplicity
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
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Close Connection Path Visible
The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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Finding Meaning Ordinary Way World
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
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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