We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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...

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.

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

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

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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

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

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for...

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for...

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...

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.