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

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

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

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

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 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 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.

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...

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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...

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...

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.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to...

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to...

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.