We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
NOVALISPhilosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
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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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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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Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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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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Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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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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In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
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To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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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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Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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