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Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.

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There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
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Dreams Wake Up
Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
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Children Cure Music Solution
Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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God Life Mathematics
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
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
Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.
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Creation Philosophy Prayer Religion Thinking
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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Democracy Fact Man Right Root
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
A character is a completely fashioned will.
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Character Complete Fashion Willing
Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole
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
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Object Paradise Point
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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Character Fate Word
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman

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