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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A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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 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.

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.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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.

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy

Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of...

Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of...