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Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

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Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.
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Active Genius Moral Person Poet Poetry True
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
The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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Beginning Glorious History Man Paradise Religious
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
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
A character is a completely fashioned will.
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Character Complete Fashion Willing
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Instrument Musician Nature Ourselves
What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
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Death Life Offering Pleasure Weight Yourself
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Artist Life Meaning
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
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Divine Link Mediation Religious True
Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk

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