Eugen Herrigel Quotes

Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise. It must be as if the bowstring suddenly cut through the thumb that held it. You mustn't open the right hand on purpose.

Eugen Herrigel

• Purpose
• Surprise
• Consider
• Archer

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• The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

  

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• I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

  

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• To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.

  

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• There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

  

  Aaron Johnson
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• It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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• I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.'

  

  Garret Dillahunt
  • Time
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• Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

  

  Yogi Berra
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• I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think, in essence, what you're doing is you're raping yourself really.

  

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  • Money
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• I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.

  

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  • Love
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• There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

  

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  • Reason
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• The physical carrier is overshadowed by a relation. The relation creates an overtone. The physical carrier is absorbed by this overtone. The overtone spontaneously transforms the means of creation into a spiritual reality. The mystery of creation is then revealed.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • Reality
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• You are a spirit, then,you Man, and not a Manat all.You are a spirit and you dwellwithin the guts of mortal beast.

  

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• If you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with Jesus Christ by staying focused on Him & He will make use of you every minute you live- yet you will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are being used of Him.

  

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• I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.

  

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• Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise. It must be as if the bowstring suddenly cut through the thumb that held it. You mustn't open the right hand on purpose.

  

  Eugen Herrigel
  • Purpose
  • Surprise
  • Consider