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Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.

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Character is perfectly educated will.
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Character Education Perfection Willing
The brains -the thinking organs- are the world producers -nature’s genitals.
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Brain Organ Production Thinking
To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
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Fight Oneself Truth
Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper 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
The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest strength, of most powerful life. It is the maximum of the savage.
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Dangerous Ideal Moral Powerful Savage Strength
In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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Art Chaos Discipline Order Work
Our bodies are molded rivers.
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Body Ourselves River
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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History Man Religious
Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole
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
Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.
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Betrayal Lying Man Oneself Question Sacrifice Truth
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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Build Enough Heart Mindset Spirit Strive

Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.

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