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The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
NovalisNovalis We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
NovalisNovalis Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
NovalisNovalis Accident is simply unforeseen order.
NovalisNovalis The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
NovalisNovalis Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
NovalisNovalis The badge of honesty is simplicity.
NovalisNovalis 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.
NovalisNovalis Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.
NovalisNovalis To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
NovalisNovalis Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
NovalisNovalis The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
NovalisNovalis We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
NovalisNovalis Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
NovalisNovalis 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.
NovalisNovalis A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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My heart keeps room for you always even when you can’t be here.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury You are seeing humanity at its worst and best. A collision of the circumstance.
Samantha King HolmesSamantha King Holmes Treat her like a dream. Follow her, pursue her, and always remind her that you’ll never give up on her.
Jenny AJenny A I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.
Divya khandalDivya khandal Never feel defined by your size, measures, and beauty standards.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson The wild is always changing like a reminder. You do not have to be the same to be beautiful.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Bees and butterflies in my belly with you on my mind they chase each other around.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh I long for you but you long for someone else, I deny the one who wants me cause I want someone else.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur
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I am for America because America is for the common people.
William McKinleyWilliam McKinley Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers that there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it.
Gary KellerGary Keller I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.
Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh