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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Hermann Hesse

To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
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Death Lose Oneself Spiritual Transformation
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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Path Philosophy
Your soul is the whole world.
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One Liner Soul World
There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Exception Philosophy Reality
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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Art Life Wisdom
When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Enough Investment Suffering
The truth is lived, not taught.
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Learning Literature Truth
Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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Men One Liner Truth
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Action Greatness Life Myself
It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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Desire Heart Judgement Listening Opinion Passion Wait
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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Book Stars Teaching
If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
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Evil Real Time
Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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Funny Knowledge Practice Theory
Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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Art Grace World

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