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

Quote by Thomas Mann

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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...

I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the...

I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the...

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

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

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

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

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...

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

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.

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

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

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

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...

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...

What is uttered is finished and done with.

What is uttered is finished and done with.

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.

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,...

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell...

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

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

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

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.

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming...

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming...