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Biography : Novalis pen name of Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg. German poet, author, mystic and philosopher.
Born: 1772 - Died: 1801
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Novalis - Quotes

Wisdom is harmony.
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Philosophy is properly Home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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philosophy

Poesy dissolves foreign being into our own.
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poetry

Everything mystical is personal — accordingly it is an elementary variation of the universe.
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universe

The heart is the key of the world and of life.
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Every human being should be an artist. Everything can become beautiful art.
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Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Play is experimenting with chance.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Becoming human is an art.
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Not wise does it seem to attempt comprehending and understanding a Human World without full perfected Humanity.
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The mysterious way leads inwards. Eternity with its worlds — the past and future — is in ourselves or nowhere.
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The individual soul should be in agreement with the world soul.
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soul

The highest life is mathematics.
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life

There is no substitute for the living.
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Light had its allotted time; but timeless and infinite is the reign of the night − the duration of sleep eternal.
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Novalis - Quotes

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