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The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.

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Humanity is a comic role.
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Cosmos Humanity Role
There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
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General Happiness Life Man Marriage
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
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
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams
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
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
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Enjoyment Learning Pleasure
We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
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Dreams Wake Up
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
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
Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.
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Distance People Poetry Romantic

The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.

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