"Humanity has always conquered the flux of natural……" — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
"Humanity has always conquered the flux of natural time by means of a rhythm between active and passive time-spans. To reconquer his holidays, to establish a new and better time schedule for life, has been the great endeavour of man ever since the days of Noah."
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Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
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12 Quotes by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
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The space of play and the space of thought are the two theaters of freedom.
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Three-quarters of a soldier's life is spent in aimlessly waiting about.
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Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding…
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And the great question for mankind is what is to be loved or hated next, whenever and old love or…
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To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.
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He who suffers wins in politics. The martyr does not obtain the victory personally, but his group, his successors, win…
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As soon as the Gospels were written, speech without experience began to dabble with the new facts proposed by the…
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On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist…
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He who believes in nothing still needs a girl to believe in him.
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Everybody is a bit right.
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Sexuality throws no light upon love, but only through love can we learn to understand sexuality.
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
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