Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify;… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it,… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
“Perhaps one has to have placed life in the center of one’s worldview and valued it as much as I have in… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress,… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science: to transform… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Wandering, (is) considered as a state of detachment form every given point in space. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Gratitude, as it were, is the moral memory of mankind. In this respect, it differs from faithfulness by being more practical and impulsive: although… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
A stranger is far enough away that he is unknown but close enough that it is possible to get to know him. In a… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science: to transform the world… — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered. — Georg Simmel Copy Share
