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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In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
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In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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To philosophize means to make vivid.
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The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
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To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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You are alone with everything you love.
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A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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The badge of honesty is simplicity.
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What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
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Where are we really going? Always home.
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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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Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.
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