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

Quote by Thomas Mann

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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...

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out...

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

It could become much worse.

It could become much worse.

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...

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.

Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family...

Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family...

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.

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

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.

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,...

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.