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

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Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

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

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

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.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

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.

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

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

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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...

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.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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...