“Don't the overwhelming majority believe that mankind is the crowning achievement of Creation, that man is better than everything, even things we haven't yet investigated? And don't those people who aren't able to escape the bonds of their own ego… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“People make themselves unhappy by desiring and praising only one thing, by becoming too one-sided in trying to find contentment. If we were just in harmony with ourselves we would enjoy the things of this world much more. But when we have an inordinate amount of desires and aspirations, we only listen to them, we are incapable of understanding the… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share
“Everything that now exists, no matter how great and good it is, lasts for a time, fulfills a purpose, and then passes on. And… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“Here for example the beautiful silver mirror of a river swells, a boy falls in, the water ripples sweetly around his locks, he sinks… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“While they were speaking of - in their opinion - great things, around about them only little things - also in their opinion -… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“. . . for us there still exists a serene, unfathomable abyss in which God and the spirits dwell. The soul, in moments of… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“In the old pieces of furniture almost as in the old paintings, dwells the charm of the past, of the faded which becomes stronger… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“Everything that God sends us is beautiful, even though we may not understand it - and we only need to give it some proper… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“How great inexperience and innocence is. On the authority of their parents they go to a place where they could meet their death; for… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“Everyone is out for himself. Not everyone will say so but everyone behaves so. And those that don't say so often behave in an… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“The floor consisted of the most colorful marble that is found in our mountains. The slabs overlapped so well that scarcely a joint could… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“On increasingly warm nice days I liked to sit toward noon on the bench encircling the cherry tree and look at the bare trees,… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
“Don't the overwhelming majority believe that mankind is the crowning achievement of Creation, that man is better than everything, even things we haven't yet… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
