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All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.

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The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
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Artist Deep Perspective Work
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
The brains -the thinking organs- are the world producers -nature’s genitals.
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Brain Organ Production Thinking
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
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
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Close Connection Path Visible
Where children are, there is the golden age.
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Age Children Gold
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
Character is a wish for a perfect education.
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Character Desire Education One Liner Perfection
A character is a completely fashioned will.
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Character Complete Fashion Willing
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 badge of honesty is simplicity.
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Honesty One Liner Simplicity
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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Character Fate Word
The seat of the soul is where the inner world and the outer world meet. Where they overlap, it is in every point of the overlap.
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Philosophy Point Soul World
Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.
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Distance People Poetry Romantic
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition

All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.

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