Quotes for All
Georg Hegel viewed the great men as instruments of something far greater. Hegel believes that an individual can indeed embody the zeitgeist for a moment, but also that the individual isn’t always clear they are doing so. Emmanuel Macron
Personally, I don’t think it’s possible to do great things alone or through individual actions. On the contrary, I think it is only possible to know what to do in a specific moment once you have understood the zeitgeist, and it is only possible to move things forward if you have a sense of responsibility. … Read more
Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the \”Zeitgeist.\” Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true is changing the Spirit of the Times. Thinkers help other people to think, for they formulate what others are thinking. No person writes or thinks alone–thought is in the air, but its expression … Read more
In the Germany of the l920s, the Weimar Republic, both organismic biology and Gestalt psychology were part of a larger intellectual trend that saw itself as a protest movement against the increasing fragmentation and alienation of human nature. The entire Weimar culture was characterized by an antimechanistic outlook, a \”hunger for wholeness\”. Organismic biology, Gestalt … Read more
I’ve said this a lot lately, too: if, 20 or 30 years down the road, when everything’s said and done, I was never able to achieve that level of zeitgeist again, then so be it. I know how rare it is for anybody to do that. But I also feel like, OK, we’re getting on … Read more
I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you’re affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it’s harder to get your message across. Courtney Love
There’s something in the Zeitgeist now. A lot of [film] scripts I get have these very dark themes, a cornucopia of dysfunction. You know, Jane is a 13-year-old anorexic who lives with her parents and has been raped by her father. And this is a comedy. Christine Vachon
Absolutely I’m going to be talking about it, because it’s in the zeitgeist and it’s happening. It’s an election year. It’s the biggest election. Every election is a big election, so whenever anybody says that it kinds of grates me, but it’s a fiasco. It’s turned into a complete circus act, so of course you … Read more
The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work. Carl Sagan
The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly coloured and it’s very loud and … Read more