"By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and……" — Eugen Herrigel
"By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you but a purposeless tension ."
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15 Quotes by Eugen Herrigel
Eugen Herrigel has 15 quotes on this site.
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Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to…
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The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
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Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make…
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Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the…
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The man, the art, the work--it is all one.
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This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at…
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In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.
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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And…
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The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment…
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I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years.…
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The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the…
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Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret…
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