"Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet."
- Novalis
"Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but of acting against one's conviction."
"Almost all genius up to now was one-sided—the result of a sickly constitution. One type had too much sense of the external, the other too much inner sense. Seldom could nature achieve a balance betwee..."
"The more narrow-minded a system is the more it will please worldly-wise people. Thus the system of the materialists, the doctrine of Helvetius and also Locke has recieved the most acclaim amongst his ..."
"Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite."
"Novels arise out of the shortcomings of history."
"Novels arise out of the shortcoings of history."
"Character is perfectly educated will."
"Not only England but every Englishman is an island."
"A God-intoxicated man."