We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
NOVALISNature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
More Novalis Quotes
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Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
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The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
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Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Where children are, there is the golden age.
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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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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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To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
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Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
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Where are we really going? Always home.
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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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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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