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The poem of the understanding is philosophy.

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One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
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
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 must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
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Book Creation Life Novel Oneself
The badge of honesty is simplicity.
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Honesty One Liner Simplicity
Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
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Friendship Harvest Modest Poor Result
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
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
Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole

The poem of the understanding is philosophy.

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