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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.

Hermann Hesse

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
The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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Book Deep Ideas Taught Truth
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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Born Destroy Fight God Philosophy World
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Happiness Object Talent
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
Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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Men One Liner Truth
You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Dream Easy Inspirational Way
Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Force Love Strong
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Character Courage Inspirational
All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Beginning Oneself Serious
There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Exception Philosophy Reality
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
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Death Live Willing
You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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Encouragement Hurt Love
A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Beginning Live Magic Protection

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