mad, were not my perception and reasonings so clear; and this state of mind appears to have brought with it superior knowledge on all subjects. - Novalis

La donna è il nutrimento corporale più elevato.

The true philosophical Act is annihilation of self (Selbsttodtung); this is the real beginning of all Philosophy; all requisites for being a Disciple of Philosophy point hither. This Act alone corresponds to all the conditions and characteristics of transcendental conduct.

Poets and priests were one in the beginning, and they only separated in later times. But the real poet is always a priest, just as the real priest always remains a poet.