Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelWhoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelWhat is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelHe who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelPoetry should describe itself, and always be simultaneously poetry and the poetry of poetry.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelImagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability electrifies it to such an extent that the most gentle stimulus of friendly or hostile contact elicits from it lightning sparks, luminous flashes, or shattering blows.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel