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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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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 near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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.

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...

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.

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 more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

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

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

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

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old...

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old...

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.