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I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.

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Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
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Delicate Talk Thinking
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
To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Oneself Properly Truth
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
Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
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Concept Fate Name Temperature
Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.
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Creation Philosophy Prayer Religion Thinking
In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
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Disturb Intelligence Smart Soul
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
Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.
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Attention Kind
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
Character is perfectly educated will.
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Character Education Perfection Willing
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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God Life Mathematics
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

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