The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
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Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.Franz Kafka
We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.
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Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.
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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
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He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.
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Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.
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