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A character is a completely fashioned will.

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The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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Finding Meaning Ordinary Way World
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Artist Life Meaning
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
Where children are, there is the golden age.
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Age Children Gold
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
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Artist Deep Perspective Work
Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
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General Happiness Life Man Marriage
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.
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Active Genius Moral Person Poet Poetry True
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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Character Fate Word
We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Body Hands Heaven Human Lie Touch
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
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Divine Link Mediation Religious True
Character is a wish for a perfect education.
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Character Desire Education One Liner Perfection
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy

A character is a completely fashioned will.

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