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

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Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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.

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.

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.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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.

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.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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...