"The more a human being feels himself a……" — Eugen Herrigel
"The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out of the center of being."
—
Eugen Herrigel
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
15 Quotes by Eugen Herrigel
Eugen Herrigel has 15 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to…
-
The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
-
Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make…
-
Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the…
-
The man, the art, the work--it is all one.
-
This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at…
-
In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.
-
This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And…
-
By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you…
-
The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment…
-
I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years.…
-
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the…
See all 15 quotes by Eugen Herrigel »
More Attainable Quotes
This quote is filed under Attainable Quotes,
one of 112 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote…
— Drew Barrymore
-
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom…
— Lionel Blue
-
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of…
— John Buchan
-
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
— Lord Chesterfield
-
God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
-
You have a gift that only you can give the world - that's the whole reason you're on the planet.…
— Oprah Winfrey
-
My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive…
— Pindar
-
Education is the leading human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them; and these…
— John Ruskin
-
You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without…
— Steve Garvey
-
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.
— Samuel Johnson
-
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to…
— Samuel Johnson
-
I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be…
— Bertrand Russell
See all 112 Attainable Quotes »