Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Novalis Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Germany
  • Born: May 2, 1772
  • Died: Mar 25, 1801

Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, a poet, author, and philosopher of early German Romanticism.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness the wish to be everywhere at home. home

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. poetry

Nature is a petrified magic city. nature

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment. learning

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. art & work

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general. family

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it. truth

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other. faith & knowledge

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming. dreams

Where children are, there is the golden age. age