Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
NOVALISCharacter and fate are two words for the same thing.
NOVALISFriends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
NOVALISLife must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
NOVALISLove is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
NOVALISEverywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
NOVALISThe badge of honesty is simplicity.
NOVALISTo know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
NOVALISWhere children are, there is the golden age.
NOVALISPhilosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
NOVALISPhilosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
NOVALISWhat delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
NOVALISA complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
NOVALISEvery beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
NOVALISTo get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
NOVALISOnly an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
NOVALISI often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.
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