Quote by Georg Büchner on Human Role and Presence
“We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.”
Georg Büchner
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Quote by Georg Büchner: Man is an Abyss
“Man is an abyss, and I turn giddy when I look down into it.”
Georg Büchner
Quote by Henri-Louis Bergson on Vanity and Laughter
“The only cure for vanity is laughter. And the only fault that’s laughable is vanity.”
Henri-Louis Bergson
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces! – Quote by Georg Büchner
“Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!”
Georg Büchner
Quote by Henri-Louis Bergson on Future, Hope, and Imagination
“The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.”
Henri-Louis Bergson
Quote by Martina Navratilova: Living in the Present
“You can’t live in the past, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Martina Navratilova
The strides of humanity are slow – Quote by Georg Büchner
“The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.”
Georg Büchner
To perceive means to immobilize – Quote by Henri-Louis Bergson
“To perceive means to immobilize. To say this is to say that we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.”
Henri-Louis Bergson
Variety in Training – Quote by Martina Navratilova
“Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don’t overdo it.”
Martina Navratilova
Murder Begins Where Self-Defense Ends – Georg Büchner Quote
“Murder begins where self-defense ends.”
Georg Büchner