Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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The things that we love tell us what we are.
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If the highest aim of a captain was to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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If the highest aim of a captain was to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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If the highest aim of a captain was to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
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If the highest aim of a captain was to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
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Whoa I just got totally mindblown by this realization:
St. Joseph, the foster-father of Jesus Christ, was a carpenter, a trade that works on wood.
Jesus Christ his son was crucified on a wooden cross.
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