Circle Quote by Georg Simmel

Wandering, (is) considered as a state of detachment form every given point in space.

— Georg Simmel

Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.

— Georg Simmel

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

— Georg Simmel

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

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

— Georg Simmel

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

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

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

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

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

— Georg Simmel

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

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