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

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We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

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.

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...

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

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

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

The step up energy demands that spirit align with psyche & propel us to another...

The step up energy demands that spirit align with psyche & propel us to another...

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in...

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in...