Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy? NOVALIS FreedomGodImmortalPhilosophyPractical
Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic. NOVALIS DistancePeoplePoetryRomantic
Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution. NOVALIS ChildrenCureMusicSolution
Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests. NOVALIS FriendshipHarvestModestPoorResult
The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest strength, of most powerful life. It is the maximum of the savage. NOVALIS DangerousIdealMoralPowerfulSavageStrength