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A character is a completely fashioned will.

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Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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Character Fate Word
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
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
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
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Divine Link Mediation Religious True
Character is perfectly educated will.
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Character Education Perfection Willing
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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Finding Meaning Ordinary Way World
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Object Paradise Point
All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
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Desire Event Life Material Power Willing
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
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Philosophy Poem Understand
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
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
To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
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Fight Oneself Truth

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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