Novalis (1772-1801)
Novalis (German: [noˈvaːlɪs]) was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (May 2, 1772 – March 25, 1801), a poet, author, and philosopher of early German Romanticism.
Quotes·Quotations by Novalis
Body
¶ There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man.
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@ There are ideal series of events which run parallel with the real ones. They rarely coincide. Men and circumstances generally modify the ideal train of events, so that it seems imperfect, and its consequences are equally imperfect. Thus with the Reformation; instead of Protestantism came Lutheranism.
As quoted in "The Mystery Of Marie Rogêt" (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted from Fragments from German Prose Writers (1841) by Sarah Austin
@ Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
As quoted in Demian (1972) by Hermann Hesse, trans. W.J. Strachan
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