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Quotes by German Authors

"Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ."
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Martin Luther
"Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ."
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"The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world."
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Friedrich Schiller
"The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world."
"Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject."
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Hannah Arendt
"Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject."
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"We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework."
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Joschka Fischer
"We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework."
"Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience."
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Felix Adler
"Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience."
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."
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Karl Marx
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."
"I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too."
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Paul von Hindenburg
"I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too."
"Everything transitory is but an image."
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Everything transitory is but an image."
"If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion."
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Herman Hesse
"If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion."
"Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh."
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Martin Bormann
"Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh."
"But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain."
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Theodor Adorno
"But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain."
"Every cult of personality that emphasizes the distinguished qualities, virtues, and talents of another person, even though these be of an altogether spiritual nature, is worldly and has no place in the Christian community; indeed, it poisons the Christianity community."
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Every cult of personality that emphasizes the distinguished qualities, virtues, and talents of another person, even though these be of an altogether spiritual nature, is worldly and has no place in the Christian community; indeed, it poisons the Christianity community."
"Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin."
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Karl Schlegel
"Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin."
"The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery."
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
"The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery."
"Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life."
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Hannah Arendt
"Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life."
"Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature."
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Martin Chemnitz
"Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature."
"Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever."
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
"Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever."
"By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms."
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Johannes Stark
"By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms."
"Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it."
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Gerhard Schroder
"Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it."
"Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you."
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Nastassja Kinski
"Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you."
"If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly."
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
"If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly."
"The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory."
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Rudolf Arnheim
"The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory."
"Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie."
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Eckhart Tolle
"Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie."
"And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor."
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Kurt Masur
"And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor."
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"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."
"A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory."
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Manfred Eigen
"A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory."
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"I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter."
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George Grosz
"I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter."
"Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts."
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Clara Zetkin
"Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts."
"God, I am afraid he won't give me his answer today. If only somebody would help me - it is all so terribly depressing."
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Eva Braun
"God, I am afraid he won't give me his answer today. If only somebody would help me - it is all so terribly depressing."
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"At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and art became political."
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Douglas Sirk
"At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and art became political."
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"And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it."
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Adam Weishaupt
"And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it."
"Shortly afterwards my father told me that he might be going into the Eastern Zone of Germany. At that time my own mind was closer to his than it had ever been before, because he also believed that they are at least trying to build a new world."
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Klaus Fuchs
"Shortly afterwards my father told me that he might be going into the Eastern Zone of Germany. At that time my own mind was closer to his than it had ever been before, because he also believed that they are at least trying to build a new world."
"I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired."
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Richard Wagner
"I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired."
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"Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for "Lord of the Rings" out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good."
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Diane Kruger
"Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for "Lord of the Rings" out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good."
"One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history."
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Albert Schweitzer
"One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history."
"Everybody is talking today about the economy."
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Joschka Fischer
"Everybody is talking today about the economy."
"With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half."
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Otto von Bismarck
"With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half."
"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."
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Friedrich Schiller
"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."
"A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common."
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Klaus Schulze
"A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common."
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"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard."
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Ernst Lubitsch
"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard."
"The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out."
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Walter Benjamin
"The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out."
"Every man has a wild beast within him."
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Frederick The Great
"Every man has a wild beast within him."
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"To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
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Bernhard Langer
"To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
"Every emancipation is a restoration of the human world and of human relationships to a man himself."
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Karl Marx
"Every emancipation is a restoration of the human world and of human relationships to a man himself."
"It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him."
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Max Planck
"It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him."
"The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli."
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Georg Simmel
"The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli."
"Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature."
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Wilhelm Dilthey
"Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature."
"Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra."
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Kurt Masur
"Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra."
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"If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small."
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Eckhart Tolle
"If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small."
"We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them."
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Johannes Stark
"We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them."
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