Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
NovalisRead
Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that humanity has a vital role in connecting the earthly realm to something greater and transcendent.
Novalis implies that humanity serves as an essential conduit between the physical world and a higher spiritual existence. This perspective elevates human beings as not just inhabitants of the Earth but as entities that bridge the gap between our material reality and the divine or transcendent realms, signifying a profound responsibility towards understanding our place in the universe.
In practice
During a speech about the importance of human connections in society.
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.
Everything is true,' he said. 'Everything anybody has ever thought.' 'Will you be all right?' 'I'll be all right,' he said, and thought, And I'm going to die. Both those are true, too.
I hold that there is a mysterious connection between the fate of this country and that of Mexico; so much so that her independence and capability of sustaining herself are almost as essential to our prosperity and the maintenance of our institutions as they are to hers.
And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril or labour it might cost; but because I could see nothing in the whole world for me to do once it was accomplished. AS long as this act lay before me, there was, as it were, some barrier between me and the dead desert which the rest of my life must be.
If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you see yourself as a human being in the world, but you raise discussion and raise aggression, the anger that you confront every day of your life, whether you want to or not.
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