1772-1801, German Poet, Novelist
A character is a completely fashioned will.
Novalis – [Character]
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
Novalis – [Christians and Christianity]
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Novalis – [Learning]
My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
Novalis – [Agreement]
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
Novalis – [Arts and Artists]
Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
Novalis – [Marriage]
The artist belongs to their work, not the work to the artist.
Novalis – [Arts and Artists]
We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
Novalis – [Dreams]
Where children are, there is the golden age.
Novalis – [Children]