All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will. — Novalis Copy Share Image
When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything. — Novalis Copy Share Image
The seat of the soul is where the inner world and the outer world meet. Where they overlap, it is in every… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom. — Novalis Copy Share Image
Love works magic. It is the finalpurpose of the world story, the Amen of the universe. — Novalis Copy Share Image
“Oh draw at my heart, love, Draw till I'm gone, That, fallen asleep, I Still may love on. I feel the flow… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Friendship, love, and piety ought to be handled with a sort of mysterious secrecy; they ought to be spoken of only in… — Novalis Copy Share Image
When one begins to reflect on philosophy—then philosophy seems to us to be everything, like God, and love. It is a mystical,… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“Whoever sees life other than as a self-destroying illusion is himself still preoccupied with life. Life must not be a novel that is given… — Novalis Copy Share
“Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and the poet will be able to perform few wonders, when he is astonished by wonders.” — Novalis Copy Share
It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the spring; it… — Novalis Copy Share
“The world must be romanticized. Only in that way will one rediscover its original senses. Romanticization is nothing less than a qualitative raising of… — Novalis Copy Share
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us. — Novalis Copy Share
Darwin remarks that we are less dazzled by the light at waking, if we have been dreaming of visible objects. Happy are those who… — Novalis Copy Share
Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but… — Novalis Copy Share
