Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.
NOVALISIn a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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The badge of honesty is simplicity.
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Nature is a petrified magic city.
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Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Character is perfectly educated will.
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Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
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Our bodies are molded rivers.
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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
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What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
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There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
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A God-intoxicated man.
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Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.
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The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
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