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" Purity of heart is to will one thing. "

Soren Kierkegaard

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" If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. "

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" I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both. "

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" The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. "

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