"In the case of archery, the hitter and……" — Eugen Herrigel
"In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality."
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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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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And…
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By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you…
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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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More Archery Quotes
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Flower of this purple dye, Hit with Cupid's archery, Sink in apple of his eye.
— William Shakespeare
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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50…
— Zig Ziglar
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As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss,…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the…
— Confucius
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The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match,…
— Confucius
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Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for.
— Geena Davis
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I now LOVE archery, I find it a very therapeutic sport. I would be taken away for a couple of…
— Rose Leslie
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I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also…
— Jennifer Lawrence
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I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a…
— Daniel Quinn
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Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman…
— Edith Hall
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I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years.…
— Eugen Herrigel
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You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in your day-to-day…
— Stephen Amell
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