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.
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave .
The empiric easily degenerates into the quack. He does not know where his knowledge begins or leaves off, and so when he gets beyond routine conditions he begins to pretend-to make claims for which there is no justification, and to trust to luck and to ability to impose upon others-to "bluff."
The problem with airports is that we go there when we need to catch a plane - and because it's so difficult to find the way to the gate, we tend not to look around at our surroundings.
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
Night falls fast. Today is in the past.
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