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Life can only be understood

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.
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Purity of heart is to

Purity of heart is to will one thing.
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Faith is the highest passion

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
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Just as in earthly life

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
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Philosophy always requires something more,

Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even the fullest existence as such is but a happy moment.
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It is so hard to

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Boredom is the root of

Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself.
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If you marry you will

If you marry you will regret it. If you do not marry you will regret it. If you marry or do not marry, you will regret it.
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Most men pursue pleasure with

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
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There are many people who

There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys: they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked the sum out for themselves.
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