Mackensen German Quotes & Sayings

It's only when we dare to experience the full anxiety of knowing that life doesn't go on forever that we can experience transcendence and get in touch with the infinite. To use an analogy from gestalt psychology, Non-Being is the necessary ground for the figure of Being to make itself known to us. It's only when we're willing to let go of all of our illusions and admit that we are lost and helpless and terrified that we will be free of ourselves and our false securities and ready for what Kierkegaard calls "the leap of faith."
p. 43 — Thomas Cathcart

Destiny is so fragile,hold it it care. — Peter Irabor

It's how I refer to that sinking feeling that none of this matters. Not the money. Not the academic prestige. Not the fame or influence. Not the beautiful girls. Not anything. It's all meaningless in the end. — Zack Love

Nevertheless, it is necessary to remember that a planned economy is not yet socialism. A planned economy as such may be accompanied by the complete enslavement of the individual. The achievement of socialism requires the solution of some extremely difficult socio-political problems: how is it possible, in view of the far-reaching centralisation of political and economic power, to prevent bureaucracy from becoming all-powerful and overweening? How can the rights of the individual be protected and therewith a democratic counterweight to the power of bureaucracy be assured? — Albert Einstein

The most important thing when starting out with essay writing is to find a voice with which you're comfortable. You need to find a persona that is very much like you, but slightly caricatured. — Anne Fadiman

Anybody's true nature is bullshit. There is no human soul. Emotion is bullshit. Love is bullshit. — Chuck Palahniuk

Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is, 'I know this feeling. I was here before. — Don DeLillo

Kids everywhere need to feel safe, hopeful, connected and appreciated. — Michele Borba

I'm a cat person. — Dave Franco

If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished. — Rebecca West

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't. — Mark Gatiss

United Airlines: Passengers are our worst enemy. We're not too fond of luggage either. — David Letterman

Genuine [economic] value lies in the power to sustain or enrich life — Lewis Mumford