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" Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places. "

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" The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite. "

" The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further. "

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" Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe. "

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" The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened. "

" From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. "

" In the fight between you and the world, back the world. "

" We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so. "

" You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. "

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" A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us. "

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