Hugo von Hofmannsthal Quotes

First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.

Singing is near miraculous because it is the mastering of what is otherwise a pure instrument of egotism: the human voice.

Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything.

To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit.

Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced.

Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced.

First, to be able to love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.

We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know.

The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act.

How we feel is how we want to be heard.