Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
NOVALISThe artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.
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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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Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
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The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
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Play is experimenting with chance.
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In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
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Where are we really going? Always home.
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Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
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A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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A God-intoxicated man.
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