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" I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. "

Soren Kierkegaard

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" 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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