A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.

Quote by Thomas Mann

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Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over...

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of...

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form.

Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form.

Everything is politics.

Everything is politics.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.