Spirituality Quotes by Remy de Gourmont

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“Those who do not carry within them the soul of everything the world can show them, will do well to watch it: they will not recognize it, each thing being beautiful only according to the thought of him who gazes at it & reflects it in himself. Faith is essential in poetry as in religion, & faith has no need…

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“To acquire the full consciousness of self is to know oneself so different from others that no longer feels allied with men…

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“Nothing is better for "spiritual advancement" & the detachment of the flesh than a close reading of the "Erotic Dictionary.”

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“The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it, & that's all. It is thus that we should love.”

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Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think that science is electricity, automobilism, and dirigible balloons. It is something very different. It is life devouring itself. It is the sensibility transformed into intelligence. It is the need to know stifling the need to…

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