Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

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

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

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...

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

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

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

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.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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 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.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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 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.