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

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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
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
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Philosophy Poem Understand
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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Democracy Fact Man Right Root
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
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Book End Infinite Reason
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.
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Heaven Humanity Meaning Ourselves Planet World
I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.
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Character Fate Feeling Myself Realization
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner

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

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