Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas.
Johann Georg HamannWhat good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home?
Johann Georg HamannSelf knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter.
Johann Georg Hamann