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Quotes by German Authors
"This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures."
"Indeed, if a chief question does remain: how is the power to think possible? - The power to think right and left, before and without, with and above experience? then it does not take a deduction to prove the genealogical priority of language."
"Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises."
"A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast."
"My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!"
"And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words."
"I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy."
"Unanimously we will confess and pledge ourselves to stand behind the Fuehrer and his movement today and forever and thereby to be of service to the idea of eternal Germany."
"The ideal of a pure phenomenology will be perfected only by answering this question; pure phenomenology is to be separated sharply from psychology at large and, specifically, from the descriptive psychology of the phenomena of consciousness."
"The organizing principle, which according to an eternal law creates the different essential organs of the body, and animates them, is not itself seated in one particular organ."
"The Communist Party said that I must finish my studies because after the revolution in Germany people would be required with technical knowledge to take part in the building of the Communist Germany."
"Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies."
"Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy."
"Nature is a book, a letter, a fairy tale (in the philosophical sense) or whatever you want to call it."
"We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power."
"For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us."
"We had to move forward after the war and see the realities."
"The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions."
"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."
"The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft."
"The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body."
"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"
"He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her."
"Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry."
"Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work."
"The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree."
"As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU."
"A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation."
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