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Quotes by German Authors
"The observations and encounters of a man of solitude and few words are at once more nebulous and more intense than those of a gregarious man, his thoughts more ponderable, more bizarre and never without a hint of sadness. Images and perceptions that might easily be dismissed with a glance, a laugh, an exchange of opinions occupy him unduly; they are heightened in the silence, gain in significance, turn into experience, adventure, emotion. Solitude begets originality, bold and disconcerting beauty, poetry. But solitude can also beget perversity, disparity, the absurd and the forbidden."
"A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy."
"Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm."
"The body is a big sagacity, a plurality with one sense, a war and a peace, a flock and a shepherd."
"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""
"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."
"When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory."
"The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding."
"Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend."
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