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

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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.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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

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

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 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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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...

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.