We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

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Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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.

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...

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

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

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.

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.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

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.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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...

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...

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.