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Quotes by Swiss Authors

"I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself."
"Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order."
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Hans Kung
"Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order."
"Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money."
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Johann Georg Zimmermann
"Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money."
"Well, I did Marlene 15 years ago and that's in the style. It's somehow similar and not similar because Marlene was much more aggressive, funny and sad."
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Maximilian Schell
"Well, I did Marlene 15 years ago and that's in the style. It's somehow similar and not similar because Marlene was much more aggressive, funny and sad."
"Now it is easy to perceive that the moral part of love is a factitious sentiment, engendered by society, and cried up by the women with great care and address in order to establish their empire, and secure command to that sex which ought to obey."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Now it is easy to perceive that the moral part of love is a factitious sentiment, engendered by society, and cried up by the women with great care and address in order to establish their empire, and secure command to that sex which ought to obey."
"I find it very beautiful to work in different countries because I see the mentality differences there. It is so rich, one always carries forward something."
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Michelle Hunziker
"I find it very beautiful to work in different countries because I see the mentality differences there. It is so rich, one always carries forward something."
"We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from natural phenomena, without transforming those phenomena, in other words: not by abstraction."
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Max Bill
"We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from natural phenomena, without transforming those phenomena, in other words: not by abstraction."
"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."
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Roger Federer
"Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year."
"And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival. It's a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure."
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Maximilian Schell
"And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival. It's a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure."
"Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship."
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Angelica Hopes
"Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship."
"The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes."
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
"The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes."
"A man with convictions finds an answer for everything. Convictions are the best form of protection against the living truth."
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Max Frisch
"A man with convictions finds an answer for everything. Convictions are the best form of protection against the living truth."
"Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection."
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
"Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection."
"So finally we tumble into the abyss, we ask God why he has made us so feeble. But, in spite of ourselves, He replies through our consciences: 'I have made you too feeble to climb out of the pit, because i made you strong enough not to fall in."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"So finally we tumble into the abyss, we ask God why he has made us so feeble. But, in spite of ourselves, He replies through our consciences: 'I have made you too feeble to climb out of the pit, because i made you strong enough not to fall in."
"Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section."
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Walter Rudolf Hess
"Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section."
"My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach."
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Kojo Annan
"My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach."
"The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being."
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
"The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being."
"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."
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Max Frisch
"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."
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"Joy breathes from within,It is not in things but a sense of well-being,an inner peace in harmony with our soul.True joy in our life gives us more energy.Live joyfully!There are elements in the society and of this world that disrupt such inner joy, peace and harmony within our soul and how we may feel and carry this depends on our individual coping mechanism."
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Angelica Hopes
"Joy breathes from within,It is not in things but a sense of well-being,an inner peace in harmony with our soul.True joy in our life gives us more energy.Live joyfully!There are elements in the society and of this world that disrupt such inner joy, peace and harmony within our soul and how we may feel and carry this depends on our individual coping mechanism."
"Where your fear is,there is your task."
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Carl Jung
"Where your fear is,there is your task."
"The problems of our country are very fast to recognize."
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Peter Bichsel
"The problems of our country are very fast to recognize."
"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."
"God made me and broke the mold."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"God made me and broke the mold."
"St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit."
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
"St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit."
"Music in this film is a very important part."
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Maximilian Schell
"Music in this film is a very important part."
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"There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men."
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Ella Maillart
"There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men."
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"Arrogance, disrespect and demand have higher price.Kindness, respect and tact give better prize."
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Angelica Hopes
"Arrogance, disrespect and demand have higher price.Kindness, respect and tact give better prize."
"Don't mistake keen, honest observations as complaints. When you receive a help, a donation or a favour, never forget to be grateful and thankful for the ones who have been there for you.Learn to respect the space of people whose hearts have been treated like a doormat but they have answered more important priorities which all contribute towards the best of the welfare of the recipients of their generous and humble commitment among their choices and decisions for whom and with whom to reach out for."
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Angelica Hopes
"Don't mistake keen, honest observations as complaints. When you receive a help, a donation or a favour, never forget to be grateful and thankful for the ones who have been there for you.Learn to respect the space of people whose hearts have been treated like a doormat but they have answered more important priorities which all contribute towards the best of the welfare of the recipients of their generous and humble commitment among their choices and decisions for whom and with whom to reach out for."
"Elvis and I continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person."
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Ursula Andress
"Elvis and I continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person."
"The throbbing habits of assumption tinted with malice lead to decisions and actions that drum out faith, trust and respect towards a crashing carelessness and uselessness. Be effective by discarding sneaking suspicions."
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Angelica Hopes
"The throbbing habits of assumption tinted with malice lead to decisions and actions that drum out faith, trust and respect towards a crashing carelessness and uselessness. Be effective by discarding sneaking suspicions."
"Honesty whispers, "Don't get pricked by the thorns of lie."
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Angelica Hopes
"Honesty whispers, "Don't get pricked by the thorns of lie."
"I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian."
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Michelle Hunziker
"I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian."
"Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures."
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Jean Piaget
"Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures."
"The difference between darkness and brightness is how you thrive on those moments and how you use such circumstances with goodwill in your spirit."
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Angelica Hopes
"The difference between darkness and brightness is how you thrive on those moments and how you use such circumstances with goodwill in your spirit."
"You can put anything into words, except your own life."
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Max Frisch
"You can put anything into words, except your own life."
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"You know, I said I have this problem that I need to more carefully read Akron's text because it's too much, too much fantasy, and so I am busy with other stuff - it's funny, it's nice to hear that someone is studying that carefully and now I know a little bit more about that."
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H. R. Giger
"You know, I said I have this problem that I need to more carefully read Akron's text because it's too much, too much fantasy, and so I am busy with other stuff - it's funny, it's nice to hear that someone is studying that carefully and now I know a little bit more about that."
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"Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process."
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Jean Piaget
"Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process."
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"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
"Embrace the magical gift of serenity in your daily life. Nothing beats patience, humility, honesty and tranquility."
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Angelica Hopes
"Embrace the magical gift of serenity in your daily life. Nothing beats patience, humility, honesty and tranquility."
"Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals."
"Nothing is harder than to accept oneself."
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Max Frisch
"Nothing is harder than to accept oneself."
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"I would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons."
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Kojo Annan
"I would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons."
"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil."
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Hans Kung
"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil."
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"I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments."
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Edmond H. Fischer
"I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments."
"Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance."
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Max Bill
"Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance."
"From my keen observation, it is a very sad fact that the Philippines' current administration's drug war crisis has fully pressed the pedal of acceleration to more division, hatred, cycles of violence (copycat killings, summary killings, extra judicial killings, collateral victims of drug war), toxic revenge, and perpetual impunity."
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Angelica Hopes
"From my keen observation, it is a very sad fact that the Philippines' current administration's drug war crisis has fully pressed the pedal of acceleration to more division, hatred, cycles of violence (copycat killings, summary killings, extra judicial killings, collateral victims of drug war), toxic revenge, and perpetual impunity."
"From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects connected by causal relations that are independent of the subject and are placed in objective space and time."
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Jean Piaget
"From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects connected by causal relations that are independent of the subject and are placed in objective space and time."
"The interpretation of dreams is a great art."
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Paracelsus
"The interpretation of dreams is a great art."
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"Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is."
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H. R. Giger
"Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is."
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"Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."
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Carl Jung
"Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."
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