Quotes by Austrian/Austria authors (page 2)

"One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.'"

"Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted"

Franz Kafka, Novelist

"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"The limits of my language means the limits of my world"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

"My difficulties belong to me!"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell"

Karl Popper, Philosopher

"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood"

Karl Popper, Philosopher

"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite"

Karl Popper, Philosopher

"The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention"

Franz Schubert, Composer

"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife"

Franz Schubert, Composer

"I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation"

Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist

"He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants"

Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist

"Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system"

Robert Musil, Writer

"Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop"

Robert Musil, Writer

"Layer by layer art strips life bare"

Robert Musil, Writer

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young"

Konrad Lorenz, Scientist

"Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them"

Simon Wiesenthal, Activist

"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed"

Stefan Zweig, Writer

"Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come"

Stefan Zweig, Writer

"When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician

"Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads"

Fritz Kreisler, Composer

"Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun"

Franz Grillparzer, Poet

"In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age"

Thomas Gold, Scientist

"On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego"

Walter Kohn, Physicist

"A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living"

Rudolf Steiner, Philosopher

"It is very kind of you to consider the possibility of my working in Pasadena, an idea which certainly is attractive, especially since it would hold out the prospect of your cooperation or advice"

Karl Landsteiner, Scientist

"War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror"

Ludwig von Mises, Economist

"I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior"

Hedy Lamarr, Actress

"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber"

Harry Seidler, Architect

"What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space"

Erwin Schrodinger, Scientist

"To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature"

Ernst Fischer, Writer

"Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives"

Viktor E. Frankl, Psychologist

"I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew"

Theodore Bikel, Actor

"There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me"

Bela Lugosi, Actor

"Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect"

Bruno Bettelheim, Writer

"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

"The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?""

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

"The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

"The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

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Quotes by Austrian authors