for the more a man restricts himself the closer he is, conversely, to infinity. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
On the whole, more men had perhaps escaped into the war than from it. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
With Nietzsche, the black pirates' flag appears for the first time on the high sea of German knowledge. (He is) a different… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven,… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Formerly man had only a body and a soul. Now he needs a passport as well for without it he will not… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
For this quiet, unprepossessing, passive man who has no garden in front of his subsidised flat, books are like flowers. He loves… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless; it is precisely… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
It is usual for a woman, even though she may ardently desire to give herself to a man, to feign reluctance, to… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
There is nothing that so raises a young man's self-esteem, that so contributes to the formation of his character as for him… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
This is the first time in history that a war has involved the whole world, and also it may last many years… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Health alone does not suffice. To be happy, to become creative, man must always be strengthened by faith in the meaning of… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Only a numskull is pleased at being a so-called "success" with women, only a dunderhead is puffed up by it. A real… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
