Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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

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

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself...

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself...

We are part of a new awakening that is making us look inward for meaning...

We are part of a new awakening that is making us look inward for meaning...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...