Quotes by German/Germany authors (page 4)

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"

"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"Appearance rules the world"

Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist

"Votes should be weighed not counted"

Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist

"Great souls suffer in silence"

Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist

"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary"

Martin Luther, Professor

"Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you"

Thomas Mann, Writer

"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy"

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Poet

"The future belongs to the strong; the weak will be swept away by the tide of history"

Wilhelm II, Statesman

"Politics is a game of power; the more power you have, the more successful your policies will be"

Wilhelm II, Statesman

"All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind"

Martin H. Fischer, Author

"The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play"

Richard Strauss, Composer

"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon"

Bertolt Brecht, Poet

"Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?"

Adam Weishaupt, Clergyman

"On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State"

Heinrich Himmler, Criminal

"The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge"

Meister Eckhart, Philosopher

"Only the hand that erases can write the true thing"

Meister Eckhart, Philosopher

"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia"

Otto von Bismarck, Leader

"After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones"

Lion Feuchtwanger, Novelist

"From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization"

Friedrich Engels, Philosopher

"How quickly passes away the glory of this world"

Thomas Kempis, Writer

"Every educated person is a future enemy"

Martin Bormann, Soldier

"If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace"

Oswald Spengler, Philosopher

"When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths men miscall their lives"

Paul Gerhardt, Writer

"But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of God was also freedom from all important worldly interests, from all art and science, etc"

Bruno Bauer, Theologian

"By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision"

Bruno Walter, Composer

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