Eugen Herrigel Quotes
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.
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There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
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I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.
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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen.
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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
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It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
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Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the short story.
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If one marries out of necessity, he will have to reincarnate to reach the point where he wants to live only for God.
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I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
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People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.
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I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.
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We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
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You're not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.
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Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.
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I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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I come from a family in which public service was something to aspire to.
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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.
