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

Quote by Thomas Mann

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But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the...

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

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.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...

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...

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

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

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

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

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

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

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

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

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

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

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

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

It could become much worse.

It could become much worse.

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

Old men need applause too

Old men need applause too

I want someone that understands me and all of my complexity.

I want someone that understands me and all of my complexity.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for...

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for...