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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Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about nor read about nor seen but

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.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

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