8 Novalis Quotes on Truth

Novalis quotes on truth

6. Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.

26. Das hochste Leben ist Mathematik.

31. 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.

49. 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.

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

64. 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.

87. The more poetic, the more real. This is the core of my philosophy.

90. To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.