A.R. Von Quotes
As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.
I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe absolutely in Hilbert space any more.
People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?
To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'
It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature.
I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.
Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and the we'll need no other light.
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.
Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he will.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.
The surest way of achieving your goal is through the single-minded pursuit of simple actions.
It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.
Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.
Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.
The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.
If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.
...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder millions of unborn children?
I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my legs, my shoulders, and my stomach.
The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.
I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.
I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!
People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.