We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
NOVALISA God-intoxicated man.
More Novalis Quotes
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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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The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest strength, of most powerful life. It is the maximum of the savage.
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Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
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The brains -the thinking organs- are the world producers -nature’s genitals.
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The seat of the soul is where the inner world and the outer world meet. Where they overlap, it is in every point of the overlap.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Humanity is a comic role.
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A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
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Play is experimenting with chance.
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There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity.
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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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