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Small: The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part
"The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: The moment is supreme
"The moment is supreme"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor w
"Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed fo
"When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: Approval or blame will follow in the world to come
"Approval or blame will follow in the world to come"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: There are two contrary impulses which govern this mans brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alter
"There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief
"Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: Nobody understands anothers sorrow, and nobody anothers joy
"Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I
"I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiffs ho
"Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: No one feels anothers grief, no one understands anothers joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In re
"No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more tha
"This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any
"The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: The mind cannot foresee its own advance
"The mind cannot foresee its own advance"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple bu
"The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made ou
"Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product
"Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense
"It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for
"It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as poss
"It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding
"Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular
"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, th
"If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucia
"I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due to a certain timidity about soiling their hands by going from purely scientific questions into value questions"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom
"Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequa
"Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded
"'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers
"A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a
"Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish
"We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of
"We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we canno
"We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: We know, in other words, the general conditions in which what we call, somewhat misleadingly, an equilibrium w
"We know, in other words, the general conditions in which what we call, somewhat misleadingly, an equilibrium will establish itself: but we never know what the particular prices or wages are which would exist if the market were to bring about such an equilibrium"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things
"We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of soc
"To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
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Small: It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school the students make it!
"It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it!"
Robert Musil, Writer
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Small: All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were
"All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!"
Robert Musil, Writer
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Small: The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the den
Simon Wiesenthal
"The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
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Small: Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster
Simon Wiesenthal
"Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
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Small: Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals
Simon Wiesenthal
"Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
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