A.R. Von Quotes
Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.
What generates war is the economic philosophy of nationalism: embargoes, trade and foreign exchange controls, monetary devaluation, etc. The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.
There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women.
Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.
We have to show the world that not all of us are like him. Otherwise, this will always be Hitler's Germany.
As physics is a mental reconstruction of material processes, perhaps a physical reconstruction of psychic processes is possible in nature itself.
The program of liberalism if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production.
Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.
The idea that human kind can shape the world according to wish is what I call the fatal conceit
If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.
Through the inevitable mismanagement of resources and goods at the disposal of the state, all forms of collectivism lead eventually to tyranny.
It's good to shock. It's not good to always be careful. It's good to disturb a little.
Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable.
Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
People are rarely diabolic or bent enthusiastically on evil. As a rule, they are only weak; they cannot resist temptation and thus give way to their evil drives.
One must flee those places where life throbs and seek out lonely spots untouched by human hand in order to lift the magic veil of nature
Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.
Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.
Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason.
Every generation is confronted anew with the task not to look the other way when injustice occurs. ... Everyone is responsible for what he does and co-responsible for what he lets happen.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.
Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied... He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
To inquire and to create; these are the grand centres around which all human pursuits revolve, or at least to these objects do they all more or less directly refer.
The emphasis on mathematical methods seems to be shifted more towards combinatorics and set theory - and away from the algorithm of differential equations which dominates mathematical physics.
