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.
Heinrich HeineRead
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.
Interpretation
Collaboration between great minds enhances creativity and innovation, often through challenges and disagreements.
The quote by Heinrich Heine suggests that the interaction between brilliant individuals fosters the development of genius. Rather than merely absorbing ideas from one another, it is the dynamic process of challenge, debate, and disagreement—referred to as 'friction'—that truly molds and enhances creative thought. This highlights the importance of engaging with diverse perspectives and the value of constructive conflict in the pursuit of excellence.
In practice
This quote could be used in a conference on innovation to emphasize the importance of collaboration.
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.
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.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
MOST LIES succeed because no one goes through the work to figure out how to catch them.
We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.
When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.
From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and whose outstanding qualities shed a stupendous light. Like those extraordinary stars of whose origins we are ignorant, and of whose fate, once they have vanished, we know even less, such men have neither forebears nor descendants: they are the whole of their race.
If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
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