Quotes by : Eugen Herrigel

...being able to wait without purpose in the state of highest tension...without continually asking yourself:....

Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out!" he exclaimed. "The shot will....

...the preparations for working put him simultaneously in the right frame of mind for creating... that....

This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation.....

... the Master's warning that we should not practice anything except self-detaching immersion.

You had to suffer shipwreck through your own efforts before you were ready to seize the lifebelt he threw....

You worry yourself unnecessarily. Put the thought of hitting right out of your mind!

You have described only too well," replied the Master, "where the difficulty lies...The right shot at....

This exquisite state of unconcerned immersion in oneself is not, unfortunately, of long duration. It....

And what impels him to repeat this process at every single lesson, and, with the same remorseless insistence,....

The right art," cried the Master, "is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how....