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.
NOVALISOne 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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Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
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We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
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The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.
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The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
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There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
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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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Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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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.
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