Change Quote by Novalis

To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.

— Novalis

Character is a wish for a perfect education.

— Novalis

“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

“Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and the poet will be able to perform few wonders, when he is astonished by wonders.”

— Novalis

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

“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

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

— Novalis

Our bodies are molded rivers.

— Novalis

Where are we really going? Always home.

— Novalis

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

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

— Novalis

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