From my mother I inherited my looks and a tendency to migraine. From my father I inherited an optimism which did not leave me until recently.
“Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background against which whatever I could express has its meaning.”
― Culture and Value
― Culture and Value
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
― Herzog
― Herzog
“History is merely a list of surprises,' I said. 'It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Please write that down.”
― Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
― Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
“I is another. If the brass wakes the trumpet, it’s not its fault. That’s obvious to me: I witness the unfolding of my own thought: I watch it, I hear it: I make a stroke with the bow: the symphony begins in the depths, or springs with a bound onto the stage.
If the old imbeciles hadn’t discovered only the false significance of Self, we wouldn’t have to now sweep away those millions of skeletons which have been piling up the products of their one-eyed intellect since time immemorial, and claiming themselves to be their authors!”
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If the old imbeciles hadn’t discovered only the false significance of Self, we wouldn’t have to now sweep away those millions of skeletons which have been piling up the products of their one-eyed intellect since time immemorial, and claiming themselves to be their authors!”
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