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A person who speaks like a book is exceedingly boring to listen to; sometimes, however, it is not inappropriate to talk in that way. For a book has th...more

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Deep within every human being there still lives the anxiety over the possibility of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the m...more

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If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but notbelieved; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon him...more

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How dreadful boredom is — how dreadfully boring; I know no stronger expression, no truer one, for like is recognized only by like… I lie prostrate, in...more

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For I have trained myself and am training myself always to be able to dance lightly in the service of thought

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No woman in maternity confinement can have stranger and more impatient wishes than I have.

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But it is just as useless for a man to want first of all to decide the externals and after that the fundamentals as it is for a cosmic body, thinking ...more

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Philosophy cannot and should not give us an account of faith, but should understand itself and know just what it has indeed to offer, without taking a...more

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Every individual, however original he may be, is still a child of God, of his age, of his nation, of his family and friends. Only thus is he truly him...more

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The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees b...more

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Out of love for mankind, and out of despair at my embarrassing situation, seeing that I had accomplished nothing and was unable to make anything easie...more

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Boredom is the root of all evil. It is very curious that boredom, which itself has such a calm and sedate nature, can have such a capacity to initiate...more

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What am I? The modest narrator who accompanies your triumphs; the dancer who supports you when you rise in your lovely grace; the branch upon which yo...more

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My love consumes me. Only my voice is left, a voice which has fallen in love with you whispers to you everywhere that I love you. Oh! Does it weary yo...more

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Love is everything. So, for one who loves, everything has ceased to have meaning in itself and only means something through the interpretation love gi...more