Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring…

Quote by Thomas Mann

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It could become much worse.

It could become much worse.

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.

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,...

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.

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,...

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

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,...

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to...

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to...

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...

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

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting...

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting...

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone