Words performed through music can express what language alone had exhausted Hugo von Hofmannsthal More Quotes by Hugo von Hofmannsthal More Quotes From Hugo von Hofmannsthal First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one. Hugo von Hofmannsthal wisdom wise life Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit. Hugo von Hofmannsthal political life reality Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced. Hugo von Hofmannsthal enchantment self found Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface. Hugo von Hofmannsthal surface depth We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know. Hugo von Hofmannsthal fewer imagine knows Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything. Hugo von Hofmannsthal spots knows littles To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely. Hugo von Hofmannsthal separation maturity mature The process of which I am speaking is nothing less than a conservative revolution on such a scale as the history of Europe has never known. Its object is form, a new German reality, in which the whole nation will share. Hugo von Hofmannsthal revolution europe reality Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced. Hugo von Hofmannsthal enchantment lying reality Singing is near miraculous because it is the mastering of what is otherwise a pure instrument of egotism: the human voice. Hugo von Hofmannsthal singing music voice The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act. Hugo von Hofmannsthal reign dangerous creative How we feel is how we want to be heard. Hugo von Hofmannsthal wisdom wise want First, to be able to love, then to learn that body and spirit are one. Hugo von Hofmannsthal to-love body spirit love
