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Quotes From Phantastes
“It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the
soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each
other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I
knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over over any soul be
loved, even if that soul know him not, bringing him inwardly close to
that spirit; a power that cannot be but for good; for in proportion as
selfishness intrudes, the love ceases, and the power which springs
therefrom dies. Yet all love will, one day, meet with its return. ”
“I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his pride and fancied innocence. I learned that he that will be a hero, will barely be a man; that he that will be nothing but a doer of his work, is sure of his manhood. In nothing was my ideal lowered, or dimmed, or grown less precious; I only saw it too plainly, to set myself for a moment beside it. Indeed, my ideal soon became my life; whereas, formerly, my life had consisted in a vain attempt to behold, if not my ideal in myself, at least myself in my ideal.”
“I knew now, that it is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, and not the being loved by each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul beloved...”
“...[T]wo of you can be no match for the three giants, I will find you,
if I can, a third brother, who will take on himself the third share of
the fight, and the preparation...I will show him to you in a glass, and,
when he comes, you will know him at once. If he will share your
endeavors, you must teach him all you know, and he will repay you well,
in present song, and in future deeds.'
She opened the door of a curious old cabinet that stood in the room. On the inside of this door was an oval convex mirror...we at length saw reflected the place where we stood, and the old dame seated in her chair...at the feet of the dame lay a young man...weeping.
'Surely this youth will not serve our ends,' said I, 'for he weeps.'
The old woman smiled. 'Past tears are present strength,'said she.”
“I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his pride and fancied innocence. I learned that he that will be a hero, will barely be a man; that he that will be nothing but a doer of his work, is sure of his manhood. In nothing was my ideal lowered, or dimmed, or grown less precious; I only saw it too plainly, to set myself for a moment beside it. Indeed, my ideal soon became my life; whereas, formerly, my life had consisted in a vain attempt to behold, if not my ideal in myself, at least myself in my ideal.”
“I knew now, that it is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, and not the being loved by each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul beloved...”
“...[T]wo of you can be no match for the three giants, I will find you,
if I can, a third brother, who will take on himself the third share of
the fight, and the preparation...I will show him to you in a glass, and,
when he comes, you will know him at once. If he will share your
endeavors, you must teach him all you know, and he will repay you well,
in present song, and in future deeds.'She opened the door of a curious old cabinet that stood in the room. On the inside of this door was an oval convex mirror...we at length saw reflected the place where we stood, and the old dame seated in her chair...at the feet of the dame lay a young man...weeping.
'Surely this youth will not serve our ends,' said I, 'for he weeps.'
The old woman smiled. 'Past tears are present strength,'said she.”
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