“Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.” MindHandsDiesSlaveryChainsDens Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.” MindMayConvictionInvisible Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame.” ThinkingMenMindReasonFeelingsBlindCarrieHuman MindLameBlind Man Author:Franz Grillparzer
“As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.” MindDoeArtEnjoyUnderstandingTasteConcernedAppreciateFormerLatter Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.” MindTwoDifferentMatterAgeSpiritTalentActivityAveragePassivityCaptivatingSwept AwayGreat TalentAverage Minds Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.” MindMoralityLogicIronClimbingMuzzle Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.” MindPietyFermentation Author:Franz Grillparzer
