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Novalis

10 quotes

A name that surfaces again and again in collections of great quotes, Novalis clearly understood the power of language. The range of their thinking — from Work to Truth — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 12 of Novalis's most memorable quotes, ranging across Work, Truth, Poetry, Nature, and Learning. To get a sense of their style, try: "We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming."

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

— Novalis

Family

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“Where children are, there is the golden age.”

— Novalis

Age

“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”

— Novalis

Poetry

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

— Novalis

Truth

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

— Novalis

Family

“We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.”

— Novalis

Dreams

“The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.”

— Novalis

Art

“Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.”

— Novalis

Learning

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

— Novalis

Home

“Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.”

— Novalis

Faith

“Nature is a petrified magic city.”

— Novalis

Nature