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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

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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
Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.
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Creation Philosophy Prayer Religion Thinking
Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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God Life Mathematics
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
Humanity is a comic role.
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Cosmos Humanity Role
Nature is a petrified magic city.
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City Magic Nature One Liner Perspective
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 an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity.
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Effect Energy Greatness Powerful Reality Sadness Spring
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
Character is perfectly educated will.
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Character Education Perfection Willing
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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Beginning Glorious History Man Paradise Religious
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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Himself Poet True World
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
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Finding Forever Future Mystery Path World

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