Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

The naive which is simultaneously beautiful, poetic, and idealistic, must be both intention and instinct. The essence of intention, in this sense, is freedom. Consciousness is far from intention. There is a certain enamoured contemplation of one's own naturalness or silliness which itself is unspeakably silly. Intention does not necessarily require a profound calculation or plan.

German writings attain popularity through a great name, or through personalities, or through good connections, or through effort,or through moderate immorality, or through accomplished incomprehensibility, or through harmonious platitude, or through versatile boredom, or through constant striving after the absolute.

Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash, of fantasy. Hence its divinity and the similarity to the wit of mysticism.