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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Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

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.

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.

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.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's...

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's...

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.