Quote #28

The prophet is appointed to oppose the kind, and even more: history.

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  1. The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine.
  2. The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
  3. The ones who count are those persons who- though they may be of little renown- respond to and are responsible for the continuation of the l…
  4. The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.
  5. The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
  6. There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The o…
  7. One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves. (From Paths in Utopia)
  8. We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.

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