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

Hermann Hesse

Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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Believe Doubt Hands
The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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Book Deep Ideas Taught Truth
I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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Blood Myself Teaching
Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
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Deep Destroy Violence
Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Discovery Journey Men
The truth is lived, not taught.
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Learning Literature Truth
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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Believe Faith Goodness Inspirational Transformation
What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
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Literature Seek Value
Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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Admire Happiness Love
Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
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Flower Heart Try
Solitude is independence.
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Alone Creativity Independence One Liner Solitude
You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Death Live Willing
There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Exception Philosophy Reality
All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Beginning Oneself Serious
Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.
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Night Soul World
There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
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Life People Reality World Yoga

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