"How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky"
- E. T. A. Hoffmann
About this Quote
This quote by E. T. A. Hoffmann speaks with the tendency of human beings to restrict their own flexibility. We typically produce synthetic borders and limitations for ourselves, preventing us from reaching our complete capacity. This quote recommends that these borders are like a roofing, obstructing us from admiring the clear blue sky. It indicates that the sky is a metaphor for the potential that we have, which by limiting our freedom, we are preventing ourselves from reaching it. This quote is a suggestion that we need to make every effort to break down the barriers that we have actually created for ourselves, and to grab the sky. We must not be afraid to take dangers and to explore the possibilities that life needs to provide.
This quote is written / told by E. T. A. Hoffmann between January 24, 1776 and June 25, 1822. He/she was a famous Critic.
The author also have 7 other quotes.
"We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us"
"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom"
"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"
