“Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.” Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.” BelieveLiteraturePhilosopher Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.” ThinkingFirstsLiteratureKissingPublicationChildbirthFirst KissMy First Kiss Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.” ReligionLiteratureInfinityUnfathomable Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.” IdeasPoeticNonsensical Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.” LiteratureSinViewsChristianityEssentialsPoint Of View Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.” FeelsCompassionHigherGenuinePriests Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry?” ThirdsPhilosophicalPoeticRhetorical Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.” LiteratureSubjectsRealization Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.” BookWaterDogDrinkAbsolutesInfiniteGermanyBedtime Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel