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Friedrich Hölderlin

Quote of Friedrich Hölderlin - We are nothing; what we seek...


Biography - Friedrich Hölderlin:

German lyric poet.
Born: 1770 - Died: 1843
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

We are nothing; what we seek is everything.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Wir sind nichts; was wir suchen, ist alles.

French
Nous ne sommes rien ; c'est ce que nous cherchons qui est tout.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: to be


Quotes

Quotes for "to be" or about being:


The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





To be, or not to be, that is the question.





Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.





Become who you are!





I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.





I think, therefore I am.











Quotes

Friedrich Hölderlin also said...


But where the danger is,
also grows the saving power.






He who has thought most deeply loves what is most alive.





Art is the transition from nature to education, and from education to nature.





Like the disputes of lovers are the dissonances of the world. Reconciliation is there, even in the midst of strife, and all that is parted finds itself united again.





What has always made the state a hell on earth has been precisely that man has tried to make it heaven.





He who steps upon his misery stands higher.












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