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Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
NovalisNovalis When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.
NovalisNovalis Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
NovalisNovalis All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
NovalisNovalis We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
NovalisNovalis To philosophize means to make vivid.
NovalisNovalis In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
NovalisNovalis Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
NovalisNovalis Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
NovalisNovalis There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
NovalisNovalis It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
NovalisNovalis Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
NovalisNovalis The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
NovalisNovalis Humanity is a comic role.
NovalisNovalis Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.
NovalisNovalis We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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From our community writers
Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
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The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher I am for America because America is for the common people.
William McKinleyWilliam McKinley Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder