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

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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 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.

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.

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.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

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 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.

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

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

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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...

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.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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...

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.