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.
NOVALISKnowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
More Novalis Quotes
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Humanity is a comic role.
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It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
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All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
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Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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A God-intoxicated man.
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Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
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All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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The brains -the thinking organs- are the world producers -nature’s genitals.
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Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
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The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.
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Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.
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