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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Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.
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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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Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Our bodies are molded rivers.
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Character is a wish for a perfect education.
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All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
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The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Play is experimenting with chance.
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Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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A God-intoxicated man.
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Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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