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

Quote by Thomas Mann

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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...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

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...

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...

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,...

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of...

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of...

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

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...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own.

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own.

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

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

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.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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

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

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...