A.R. Von Quotes
My last wish is that Germany realize its entity and that an understanding be reached between East and West. I wish peace to the world.
The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand him, than it was to discover the new truth.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
Number is therefore the most primitive instrument of bringing an unconscious awareness of order into consciousness.
We are the masters of our reality.
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
Music- what a powerful instrument, what a mighty weapon!
My clothes are great for a honeymoon: They're light and sexy, colorful and pretty, and not expensive.
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.
What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.
If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.
If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within ten years.
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?
Governmental regulations all carry coercion to some degree, and even where they don't, they habituate man to expect teaching, guidance and help outside himself, instead of formulating his own.
The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being.
Society is best served when the means of production are in the possession of those who know how to use them best.
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.
Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be only understood and represented by the spirit.
A real apple is more beautiful than a painted one, and a live woman is more beautiful than a Venus of stone.
Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.
The hellish instruments of war must be smoked out while there is still peace. The Trade Union Movement must be compelled not to allow their old resolutions to fade in the files.
The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.
