"Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter"

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Source : "Briefwechsel ('Correspondence')". Book edited by Arthur Henkel, Volume 6, p. 281, 1955 - 1975.

Johann Georg Hamann

#Mirrors Quotes #Self Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.”
“None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.”
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.”
“I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school.”
“It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.”
“If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.”
“I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.”

Source : "Nashville's Chris Carmack on The O.C. and the rules of the death row meal". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 22, 2015.
“I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.”

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