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

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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.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

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.

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 children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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.

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...

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

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

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

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

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...