A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
Jose Bergamin

Who learns most from a good book is the author.
Jose Bergamin

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.
Jose Bergamin

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.
Jose Bergamin

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.
Jose Bergamin

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.
Jose Bergamin

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?
Jose Bergamin

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.
Jose Bergamin