Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
Schiller writes in a letter to Goethe, 17 December 1795 of a ‘poetic mood’. I think I know what he means, I think I am familiar with it myself. It is the mood of receptivity to nature and one in which one’s thoughts seem as vivid as nature itself.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
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Whatever is common to children of a given age is set up as the fundamental character of that age. The fact that three-year-old children are quite often negative is considered evidence that negativism is inherent in the nature of three-year-olds, and the concept of a negative age or stage is then regarded as an explanation for the appearance of negativism.
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Every action begins with a thought, and if you don't watch what you're thinking, your thoughts will get the best of you.
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Schiller writes in a letter to Goethe, 17 December 1795 of a ‘poetic mood’. I think I know what he means, I think I am familiar with it myself. It is the mood of receptivity to nature and one in which one’s thoughts seem as vivid as nature itself.
