It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us. — Novalis Copy Share Image
“Almost all genius up to now was one-sided—the result of a sickly constitution. One type had too much sense of the external,… — Novalis Copy Share Image
The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“What is nature? An encyclopedic systematic index or plan of our spirit. Why should we be content with the mere catalogue of… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“While the poets were above all interested in the fluid and fugitive aspects of Nature, others desired, by slogging away with a… — Novalis Copy Share Image
The brains -the thinking organs- are the world producers -nature's genitals. — Novalis Copy Share Image
If the world is a precipitation of human nature, so to speak, then the divine world is a sublimation of the same.… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us. — Novalis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
