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The history of every individual man should be a Bible.

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Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
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Children Cure Music Solution
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
Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
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Freedom God Immortal Philosophy Practical
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.
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Active Genius Moral Person Poet Poetry True
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Instrument Musician Nature Ourselves
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
Where are we really going? Always home.
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Deep Home Spiritual Travel
We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Body Hands Heaven Human Lie Touch
Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk
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
There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
Character is a wish for a perfect education.
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Character Desire Education One Liner Perfection
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition
Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
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Concept Fate Name Temperature
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

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