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“The division of Philosopher and Poet is only apparent, and to the disadvantage of both. It is a sign of disease, and of a sickly constitution.”

“Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.”

“Morality must be the heart of our existence, if it is to be what it wants to be for us. … The highest form of philosophy is ethics. Thus all philosophy begins with “I am.” The highest statement of cognition must be an expression of that fact which is the means and ground for all cognition, namely, the goal of the I.”

“What is Nature? An encyclopedical, systematic Index or Plan of our Spirit. Why will we content us with the mere catalogue of our Treasures? Let us contemplate them ourselves, and in all ways elaborate and use them.”

“Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.”

“To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.”

“Blood will stream over Europe until the nations become aware of the frightful madness which drives them in circles. And then, struck by celestial music and made gentle, they approach their former altars all together, hear about the works of peace, and hold a great celebration of peace with fervent tears before the smoking altars.”

“Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.”

“Many counterrevolutionary books have been written in favor of the Revolution. But Burke has written a revolutionary book against the Revolution.”

“To philosophize means to make vivid.”

“Humanity is a comic role.”

“One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand”

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

“Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.”

“The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.”

“One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.”

“Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.”

“We are close to waking when we dream that we are dreaming.”

“A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.”