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There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.

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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
Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun
Humanity is a comic role.
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Cosmos Humanity Role
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
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Finding Forever Future Mystery Path World
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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Democracy Fact Man Right Root
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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Himself Poet True World
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.
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Love Understand Yourself
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
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
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.

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