Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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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Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
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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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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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Nature is a petrified magic city.
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A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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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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A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
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Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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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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