Spirit Quotes by Stefan Zweig

8 Spirit quotes by Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig’s elegant, psychological insight appears in these eight brief reflections on spirit. Each line captures a nuanced, humanistic view of inner motivation.

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Nothing that has ever been thought and said with a clear mind and pure ethical strength is totally in vain; even if…

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As nature requires whirlwinds and cyclones to release its excessive force in a violent revolt against its own existence, so the spirit…

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As one who knows many things, the humanist loves the world precisely because of its manifold nature and the opposing forces in…

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Every epoch which seeks renewal first projects its ideal into a human form. In order to comprehend its own essence tangibly, the…

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Only that which points the human spirit beyond its own limitations into what is universally human gives the individual strength superior to…

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The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead…

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There's an inherent limit to the stress that any material can bear. Water has its boiling point, metals their melting points. The…

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Pain is a coward. He flees when faced by the irresistible power of the will-to-live, which is more strongly rooted in the…

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“Live and let live” was the famous Viennese motto, which today still seems to me to be more humane than all the categorical imperatives,…

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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…

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Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you to nothing;…

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There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.

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No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.

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It is the way of youth that each fresh piece of knowledge of life should go to its head, and that once uplifted by…

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“The truths that he finds may in the coming months or even the coming years be truths no more. He must be forever searching.…

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The union of opposites, in so far as they are really complementary, always results in the most perfect harmony; and the seemingly incongruous is…

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The sight of a wedding always has a disturbing effect on young girls; at such moments a mysterious sense of solidarity with their own…

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“Lightly, caressingly, Marie Antoinette picked up the crown as a gift. She was still too young to know that life never gives anything for…

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