Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
NOVALISOne 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.
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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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Where are we really going? Always home.
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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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We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
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A character is a completely fashioned will.
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Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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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.
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Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
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All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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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.
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