We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

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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.

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

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

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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.

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

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

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...

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.