Harald Høffding Quote

Everything great arises and grows in silence! Only he who can be silent becomes a great man, and a great act which is undertaken with full consciousness of its greatness is, when viewed aright, seen to be a little act.


A History of Modern Philosophy, Book IX, B. Philosophy In England Prior To 1840, (b) The Romantic Personality-Philosophy, p. 379


Everything great arises and grows in silence! Only he who can be silent becomes a great man, and a great act which is undertaken with full...

Everything great arises and grows in silence! Only he who can be silent becomes a great man, and a great act which is undertaken with full...

Everything great arises and grows in silence! Only he who can be silent becomes a great man, and a great act which is undertaken with full...

Everything great arises and grows in silence! Only he who can be silent becomes a great man, and a great act which is undertaken with full...