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The poem of the understanding is philosophy.

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To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
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
There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
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Deep Desire Feeling Home Nostalgia Philosophy
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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Beginning Glorious History Man Paradise Religious
In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
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Disturb Intelligence Smart Soul
To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Oneself Properly Truth
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Artist Life Meaning
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
Play is experimenting with chance.
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Chance Experiment One Liner Play
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
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Divine Link Mediation Religious True
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
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

The poem of the understanding is philosophy.

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