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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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The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
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Intimate Seek Soul Universe
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
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
The badge of honesty is simplicity.
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Honesty One Liner Simplicity
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
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
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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Finding Meaning Ordinary Way World
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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History Man Religious
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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Himself Poet True World
Where children are, there is the golden age.
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Age Children Gold
Character is perfectly educated will.
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Character Education Perfection Willing
The brains -the thinking organs- are the world producers -nature’s genitals.
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Brain Organ Production Thinking
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition

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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