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The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.

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There was a time in our lives when we were so close that nothing seemed to obstruct our friendship and brotherhood, and only a small footbridge separated us.
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There are borderlines and there are borderlines. Labels do violence to people. You can’t treat the label; you have to treat the person behind the label. (17)
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If I’m among men who don’t agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing myself.
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Some piece of ourselves, not necessarily our consciousness, but some piece of ourselves gets passed on and on and on.
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I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.
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My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable.
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If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!
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You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling ignorance is the only solution. That is why I teach.
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Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love.
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