Heinrich Zimmer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth.
-- Heinrich Zimmer

#Ocean #Water #Beginnings And Ends
The real treasure, that which we all seek, is never very far; there is no real need to seek it in a distant place, for it lies buried within our own hearts. And yet, there is this strange and persistent fact thatÂ it isÂ only after a journey in a distant region, in a new land, that the way to that treasure becomes clear.
-- Heinrich Zimmer

#Real #Lying #Heart
The best things can't be told,
-- Heinrich Zimmer
My friend Heinrich Zimmer of years ago used to say, 'The best things can't be told,' because they transcend thought. 'The second best are misunderstood,' because those are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which can't be thought about, and one gets stuck in the thoughts. 'The third best are what we talk about.'
-- Heinrich Zimmer

#Years #Misunderstood #Second Best
Knowledge is the reward of action. For it is by doing things that one becomes transformed. Executing a symbolical gesture, actually living through, to the very limit, a particular role, one comes to realize the truth inherent in the role. Suffering its consequences, one fathoms and exhausts its contents.
-- Heinrich Zimmer

#Suffering #Roles #Gestures
The best things can't be told.
-- Heinrich Zimmer

#Intercultural #Best Things

Your fingertips across my skin, the palm trees swaying in the wind - images. You sang me Spanish lullabies, the sweetest sadness in your eyes - clever trick. / I cannot go to the ocean, I cannot drive the streets at night, I cannot wake up in the morning without you on my mind, so you're gone and I'm haunted, and I bet you are just - fine. Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?
I was happy anywhere I could see the ocean.
My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.
I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.
That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.
I am planning my one woman show. It will be a showcase of my life. It starts at the beginning and ends where I am today. It will have every single inch of my life - as much as you can get into an hour. I will be touring everywhere.
I love her, and that's the beginning and end of everything.
In great art there is no beginning and end in point of time. All time is comprehended.
The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.

Heinrich Zimmer famous quotes

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