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The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

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He who doesn't know how to put his will into things at least puts a meaning into them: that is, he believes there is a will in them already.

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Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth....more

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I love brief habits and consider them an inestimable means for getting to know many things…My nature is designed entirely for brief habits…I always be...more

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Human nature has nevertheless been changed by the ever new appearance of these teachers of the purpose of existence: It now has one additional need—th...more

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One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is pr...more

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Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

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Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one’s strength, to read a book – I call that viciousness!

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Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

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We possess art lest we perish of the truth.

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Just as little as a reader today reads all of the individual words (let alone syllables) on a page—rather he picks about five words at random out of t...more

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Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without...more

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Whatever they may think and say about their "egoism", the great majority nonetheless do nothing for their ego their whole life long: what they do is d...more

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We suffer from the malady of words, and have no trust in any feeling that is not stamped with its special word.

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Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.