Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

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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...

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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

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

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...

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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...