Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.
Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.
An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how to express them in a convincing form.
Our existence has always and everywhere been tragic, but man has converted these numberless tragedies into works of art. I know of nothing more astonishing or more wonderful than this transformation.
In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.
Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future
All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
Those——”—here he flung out a terrible oath—”those people don’t know what their blind hands are sowing. They will know when our power is complete and we begin to mow down their cursed grass. They’ll know it then!
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands but let it go and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands but let it go and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
When one loves somebody everything is clear – where to go what to do – it all takes care of itself and one doesn’t have to ask anybody about anything.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.