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Character is a wish for a perfect education.

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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
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.
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Complete Doctor Music Problem Solution Talent
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
Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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God Life Mathematics
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
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Belief Mindset Moments Myself Quite
Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk
Play is experimenting with chance.
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Chance Experiment One Liner Play
Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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Faith Knowledge Whole
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
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
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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Democracy Fact Man Right Root

Character is a wish for a perfect education.

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