We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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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.

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.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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...

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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 more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

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

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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

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

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...