We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

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Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the...

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the...

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed...

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed...

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great...

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...