Life is all too wondrous sweet, and the world is so beautifully bewildered; it is the dream of an intoxicated divinity.
Heinrich HeineRead
Das war ein vorspeil nur; That was only a prelude; dort wo man Buecher verbrennt, Where one burns books, vebrennt man auch am Ende One will also burn people Menchen. Eventually.
Interpretation
This quote warns against the dangers of censorship and the suppression of ideas, suggesting that such actions may lead to greater atrocities.
Heinrich Heine's quote expresses a profound warning about the consequences of censorship and the destruction of knowledge. By stating that where books are burned, people will eventually also be burned, he highlights the inherent danger of suppressing dissenting ideas and the slippery slope it creates towards violence and oppression. It serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting freedom of thought and expression.
In practice
In a speech advocating for free speech, one might quote Heine to emphasize the risks of censorship.
Life is all too wondrous sweet, and the world is so beautifully bewildered; it is the dream of an intoxicated divinity.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
I care little in the existence of a heaven or hell; self respect does not allow me to guide my acts with an eye toward heavenly salvation or hellish punishment. I pursue the good in life because it is beautiful and attracts me; and shun the bad because it is ugly and repulsive. All our acts should originate from the spring of unselfish love, whether there be a continuation after death or not.
I wept in my dreams. I dreamed you lay in the grave; I awoke, and the tears still poured down my cheeks. I wept in my dreams, I dreamed you had left me; I awoke and I went on weeping long and bitterly. I wept in my dreams, I dreamed you were still kind to me; I awoke, and still the flow of my tears streams on.
Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both but one single kiss.
Where books are burned in the end people will be burned too.
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
God is best known in not knowing him.
What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.
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