I live all the daytime In faith and in might And in holy fire I die every night. - Novalis

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 between the two — a complete constitution of genius. Often a perfect proportion arose by chance, but this could never endure because it was not comprehended and fixed by the spirit — they remained fortunate moments. The first genius that penetrated itself found here the exemplary germ of an immeasurable world. It made a discovery which must have been the most remarkable in the history of the world — for with it there begins a whole new epoch for humanity — and true history of all kinds becomes possible for the first time at this stage — for the way that had been traversed hitherto now makes up a proper whole that can be entirely elucidated. That point outside the world is given, and now Archimedes can fulfill his promise.

Reine Mathematik ist Religion.

I shall in no time forget that moment. We felt as if we had had in our souls a clear passing glimpse into this wondrous World.