Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

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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 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.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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.

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...

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

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

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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.

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 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 near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

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.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.