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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.
NovalisNovalis 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.
NovalisNovalis Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
NovalisNovalis Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.
NovalisNovalis Our bodies are molded rivers.
NovalisNovalis Where are we really going? Always home.
NovalisNovalis Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
NovalisNovalis Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
NovalisNovalis 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.
NovalisNovalis Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
NovalisNovalis The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
NovalisNovalis Nature is a petrified magic city.
NovalisNovalis 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.
NovalisNovalis Play is experimenting with chance.
NovalisNovalis Character is a wish for a perfect education.
NovalisNovalis 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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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner.
RumiRumi It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.
Jim RohnJim Rohn I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.
Robin WilliamsRobin Williams Don’t ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.
Bruce LeeBruce Lee I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.
Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.
Coco ChanelCoco Chanel