It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
NOVALISOnly as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
More Novalis Quotes
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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 poem of the understanding is philosophy.
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Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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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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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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All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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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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Where children are, there is the golden age.
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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 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.
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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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A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Accident is simply unforeseen order.
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