To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.

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Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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

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

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

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

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.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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.

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.

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 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.