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

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

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

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

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...

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

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 children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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 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 character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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...

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.