Hutten Quotes & Sayings

The scenes in our life resemble pictures in a rough mosaic; they are ineffective from close up, and have to be viewed from a distance if they are to seem beautiful. That is why to attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and why, though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often at the same time long regretfully for what is past. The present, on the other hand, is regarded as something quite temporary and serving as the only road to our goal. That is why most men discover when they look back on their life that they have been living the whole time ad interim, and are surprised to see that which they let go by so unregarded and unenjoyed was precisely their life, was precisely that in expectation of which they lived. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given, as it were, a foretaste of the beauty of the heavenly liturgy. The act of adoration outside Mass prolongs and intensifies all that takes place during the liturgical celebration itself. — Pope Benedict XVI

If I seem to you to change my state and alter my condition, I do not change my mind. I try always to be Hutten, never to desert myself, but to walk with equanimity through the unequal scenes of life. — Ulrich Von Hutten

This is treachery, to change faith in accord with shifting fortune. The justice of my cause impelled me to withstand even adverse circumstance. — Ulrich Von Hutten

Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column. — Friedrich Schiller

The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching. — Kenko Yoshida

Silence is ammunition, darlin'. Don't give it up before you're sure of the facts and know you can win. — Pepper Winters

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst. — George Farquhar

In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose. — Francois Arago

CEOs of large firms often fail to read the handwriting on the wall, because of complacence, inertia, or overconfidence. — Navi Radjou

Great powers can tend to be casual because the situation is not existential. This increases the cost of doing what is necessary. — George Friedman

Servitude of any sort is distasteful to all men, but especially objectionable is subjection to others in the case of those who ought to rule. — Ulrich Von Hutten