Faust Quotes

25 quotes by 20 authors

In fact a favourite problem of Tyndall is-Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He is confident that the… — Thomas Huxley
Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki... — Thomas Harris
Certainly Star Wars has a valid mythological perspective. It shows the state as a machine and asks, "Is the machine going to crush humanity or… — Joseph Campbell
Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as well. But of… — Joseph Campbell
Faust, the Ninth Symphony, and the will of Adolf Hitler are eternal youth and know neither time nor transience. — Baldur von Schirach
Judas sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver; Faust sold his for some extra years of youth; Marilyn Monroe deserted Jesus Christ for Arthur… — Nicholas Samstag
Hegel understood the Heisenbergian reality of knowing: yes, it would be nice if we could somehow delicately capture the truth and bring it closer to… — Kenny Smith
All literature is a footnote to Faust. I have no idea what I mean by that. — Woody Allen
My dear young friends, I speak to you as one who stands on the edge of eternity. From that perspective, I see you as the… — James E. Faust
Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment, 'Stay, thou art… — Robert Kennedy
Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are… — Gustav Stresemann
The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems a semi-madman. — Boris Pasternak
In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust. — Oscar Wilde
For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. — Rufus Wainwright
Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me up again? -A… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3 — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in… — Otto von Bismarck
I am part of the part that once was everything, Part of the darkness which gave birth to lightâ€¦ Mephistopheles, from Faust. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Who Wrote These Faust Quotes

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