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

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Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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...

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for...

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for...

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.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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.

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

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

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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 would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or...

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being