Novalis Quotes on Truth
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Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Das hochste Leben ist Mathematik.
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No explanation is required for Holy Writing. Whoso speaks truly is full of eternal life, and wonderfully related to genuine mysteries does his Writing appear to us, for it is a Concord from the Symphony of the Universe.
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The true philosophical Act is annihilation of self (Selbsttodtung); this is the real beginning of all Philosophy; all requisites for being a Disciple of Philosophy point hither. This Act alone corresponds to all the conditions and characteristics of transcendental conduct.
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To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Man consists in Truth. If he exposes Truth, he exposes himself. If he betrays Truth, he betrays himself. We speak not here of lies, but of acting against Conviction.
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The more poetic, the more real. This is the core of my philosophy.
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To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.