149 Quotes by novalis

Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.

The more narrow-minded a system is the more it will please worldly-wise people. Thus the system of the materialists, the doctrine of Helvetius and also Locke has recieved the most acclaim amongst his class. Thus Kant even now will find more followers than Fichte.

Трябва да бъдем горди за болката, всяка болка е едно напомняне за нашата извисеност.

Ohne die Träume würden wir gewiss früher alt.

Love works magic. It is the final purpose of the world story, the Amen of the universe.

Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking--being awake--consciousness.