“The fate which oppresses us is the inertia of our spirit. Through extending and cultivating our activity we shall transform ourselves into… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“Though the heroes and their fates are inventions, yet the spirit in which they are composed is true and natural.” — Novalis Copy Share Image
“The imagination places the world of the future either far above us, or far below, or in a relation of metempsychosis to… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit. — Novalis Copy Share Image
“All the chance events of our lives are materials from which we can make what we like. Whoever is rich in spirit… — 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
“Everything that we experience is a communication . In fact, so is the world too a communication -- the revelation of spirit.… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“It is the most capricious prejudice to believe that a human being is denied the capacity to be outside himself, to be… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“In most religious systems we are regarded as parts of the godhead which, if they do not obey the impulses of the… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“True anarchy is the generative element of religion. Out of the annihilation of all existing institutions she raises her glorious head, as… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“I show that I have understood a writer only when I can act in his spirit, when, without constricting his individuality, I… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion. — Novalis Copy Share Image
“We dream of travels throughout the universe: is not the universe within us? We do not know the depths of our spirit.… — 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
