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We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

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Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk
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
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Object Paradise Point
Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.
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Beginning Close Complete Death Life Reduction Unity
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams
Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.
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Creation Philosophy Prayer Religion Thinking
When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.
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Love Understand Yourself
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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Himself Poet True World
Where are we really going? Always home.
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Deep Home Spiritual Travel
Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.
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Appearance Beginning Childhood Earth Education Person Stage
Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.
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Distance People Poetry Romantic
A character is a completely fashioned will.
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Character Complete Fashion Willing
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

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