“the natural animosity between those who slept and those who were stirring in the sleeping city.” — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Unless our souls had root in soil divine We could not bear earth's overwhelming strife. The fiercest pain that racks this heart… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Nothing was done to us - we were simply placed in a complete void, and everyone knows that nothing on earth exerts… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
As nature requires whirlwinds and cyclones to release its excessive force in a violent revolt against its own existence, so the spirit… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“The natural elements of sunlight, water and air were not permitted to touch a woman’s bare skin. At the seaside, women made… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
A first premonition of the rich variety of life had come to him; for the first time he thought he had understood… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
As one who knows many things, the humanist loves the world precisely because of its manifold nature and the opposing forces in… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Publicity in itself, of whatever nature, connotes a disturbance of the natural equilibrium of a man. Under normal circumstances, the name a… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
The world has always needed human beings who refuse to believe that history is nothing but a dull, monstrous selfrepetition, a selfperpetuating,… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“In itself all publicity disturbs a man’s natural equilibrium. In normal circumstances your name means no more than the band on a… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Madness,” he exclaimed to himself, in astonishment, faltering. “Madness! What do they want? Once again, once again!” War once again, war that had so… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
“And if I am asked today to advise a young writer who has not yet made up his mind what way to go, I… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
“Live and let live” was the famous Viennese motto, which today still seems to me to be more humane than all the categorical imperatives,… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments… It is always only danger which forces… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you to nothing;… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
Nothing that has ever been thought and said with a clear mind and pure ethical strength is totally in vain; even if it comes… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
It is the way of youth that each fresh piece of knowledge of life should go to its head, and that once uplifted by… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
“The truths that he finds may in the coming months or even the coming years be truths no more. He must be forever searching.… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
The union of opposites, in so far as they are really complementary, always results in the most perfect harmony; and the seemingly incongruous is… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
The sight of a wedding always has a disturbing effect on young girls; at such moments a mysterious sense of solidarity with their own… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
“Lightly, caressingly, Marie Antoinette picked up the crown as a gift. She was still too young to know that life never gives anything for… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share
