A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.

A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.

Thomas Mann

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

Everything is politics.

Everything is politics.

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.

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.

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

Technology and comfort - having those, people speak of culture, but do not have it.

Technology and comfort - having those, people speak of culture, but do not have it.

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

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

No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.

No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

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

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

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.

Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.

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

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