Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Quote by Thomas Mann

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The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

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,...

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 to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple...

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple...

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle...

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

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

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

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry....

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry....

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

Everything is politics.

Everything is politics.

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.