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One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
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
We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Body Hands Heaven Human Lie Touch
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Object Paradise Point
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
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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Art Chaos Discipline Order Work
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.
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Cultivation Himself Intellectual Master Purpose
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
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
What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
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Death Life Offering Pleasure Weight Yourself
You are alone with everything you love.
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Alone Love Yourself

Where are we really going? Always home.

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