Quotessence
Home / Topics / Herman Quotes

Herman Quotes

Browse 6 quotes about Herman.

Herman Quotes

“As we still ascend from shelf to shelf, we find the tenants of the tower serially disposed in order of their magnitude: gannets, black and speckled haglets, jays, sea hens, sperm-whale birds, gulls of all varieties -- thrones, princedoms, powers, dominating one above another in senatorial array; while, sprinkled over all, like an ever-repeated fly in a great piece of broidery, the stormy petrel or Mother Cary's chicken sounds his continual challenge and alarm.”

MelvilleSeabirdsHermanEncantadasGalopagos
Book:Encatadas
Create image

“Stages As every flower fades and as all youth Departs, so life at every stage, So every virtue, so our grasp of truth, Blooms in its day and may not last forever. Since life may summon us at every age Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor, Be ready bravely and without remorse To find new light that old ties cannot give. In all beginnings dwells a magic force For guarding us and helping us to live. Serenely let us move to distant places And let no sentiments of home detain us. The Cosmic Spirit seeks not to restrain us But lifts us stage by stage to wider spaces. If we accept a home of our own making, Familiar habit makes for indolence. We must prepare for parting and leave-taking Or else remain the slaves of permanence. Even the hour of our death may send Us speeding on to fresh and newer spaces, And life may summon us to newer races. So be it, heart: bid farewell without end.”

GameTheGlassHesseStagesHermanBead
Book:The Glass Bead Game
Create image

“Er was gewoon geen bewegingsruimte om helemaal niets te willen, dan begonnen ze meteen weer over je negatieve houding door te zagen, terwijl ik vind dat dat een van de steunpilaren van de vrijheid is, om het zo maar eens te zeggen, dat je nou eens een keer niet wilt kiezen tussen al die mogelijkheden die de wereld al voordat je geboren werd voor je heeft uitgedokterd en waar je zelf helemaal nooit om hebt gevraagd.”

LevenNederlandsHermanKiezenKoch
Book:Red ons, Maria Montanelli
Create image