Novalis Quotes

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

We don't believe because we understand. We understand because we believe.

Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

Faith is a continuation of reason.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

I think that the greatest gift God ever gave man is not the gift of sight but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision is a function of the heart.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

Faith is a poison that paralyzes the mind. In all the days of your life, seek knowledge!

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary. Science keeps religion from sinking into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzing obscurantism. Religion prevents science from falling into the marsh of obsolete materialism and moral nihilism.