Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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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 no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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

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

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.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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 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...

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

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

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

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

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

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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...