Quotes from Stefan Zweig

In Germany, in France, in Italy, in Russia, and in Belgium, they all obediently served the war propaganda and thus the mass delusion and mass hatred, instead of fighting against it.

Tragische Spannung, sie ergibt sich nicht nur aus dem Übermaß einer Gestalt, sondern jederzeit aus dem Mißverhältnis eines Menschen zu seinem Schicksal.

Jusqu'au dernier moment l'homme qui, doué d'une volonté prométhéenne, veut arracher à la terre son secret sentira la griffe du doute lui déchirer le cÅ"ur.

la suma de todas las dificultades vencidas es la que, al fin y a la postre, da la medida de un hecho y del hombre que lo lleva a cabo.

Te explico todo esto, querido, todas estas pequeñas, casi ridículas cosas, para que entiendas el poder que tenías sobre mí, aquella tímida y asustadiza niña. Ya antes de entrar en mi vida, un halo nimbaba tu persona. Estabas rodeado de una atmósfera de lujo, de maravilla y misterio.

I had sworn to myself – an oath which I still kept in 1940 – never to write a single word that affirmed war or disparaged another nation.

From the beginning of time man has undoubtedly more often been cured of his ailments by suggestion than by any other means, no matter how reluctant medical practitioners are to admit the fact.

The strongest man is always the man of one idea. Devoting to it all his energy, his will, his intelligence, his nervous tension, he often becomes irresistible. Mary Baker was one of these exemplars among monomaniacs, for from 1862 onwards she possessed, or rather was possessed by, one idea and one only.

anyone who identifies himself with the fate of another is robbed to some extent of his own freedom.

la hazaña de Magallanes supera a todas las de su tiempo y significa para nosotros una gloria singular en medio de sus glorias: la de no haber inmolado, como ocurre la mayor parte de las veces, la vida de miles y centenares de miles por su idea, sino solamente la propia vida.

Believe me, we doctors are not so immoderately fond of "good", submissive patients as you may think. They are the ones who least help us to help them. To us, vigorous and even frantic resistance on the part of a patient can only be welcome, for, strangely enough, these apparently unreasonable reactions sometimes have more effect than our most miraculous nostrums.

Einzig das Unmeßbare, das Unfaßbare erschreckt uns, alles Begrenzte dagegen, alles Bestimmte fordert zur Probe heraus und wird zum Maß unserer Kraft.

Ölmem sana ac? verecek olsayd? eÄŸer, o zaman ölmezdim.

Whenever remarkable cures have taken place, we may be pretty sure that suggestion has been at work.

ilk kez bu dünyaya ait birisi için var olduÄŸumu hissediyordum.

Ne çok zaman geçmiÅŸ ne çok zaman yitirilmiÅŸti, ama tek bir düÅŸünceyle ve tek bir saniyede en baÅŸa dönülebiliyordu...

Porque a ti, ciertamente, sólo te gustan las cosas fáciles, juguetonas, nada pesadas, tienes miedo de inmiscuirte en un destino ajeno. Lo que quieres es entregarte a todos, al mundo, no quieres ninguna víctima.

I could do nothing but marvel at this new girlish creature, who seemed more childish than ever in her joy, yet more womanly in her beauty. She noticed my faint astonishment and accepted it as a gift.

I had recognized the foe I was to fight – false heroism that prefers to send others to suffering and death, the cheap optimism of the conscienceless prophets, both political and military who, boldly promising victory, prolong the war, and behind them the hired chorus, the "word makers of war" as Werfel has pilloried them in his beautiful poem.

between a woman who has once let a man see her desire and that man the atmosphere is charged with mysterious, dangerous tension.

La multitud de manos claras, nerviosas y siempre en actitud de espera en torno al tapete verde, todas asomando por la caverna de su respectiva manga, cada una de forma y color diferentes, algunas desnudas, otras adornadas con anillos y pulseras tintineantes, muchas velludas como animales salvajes, muchas otras húmedas y retorcidas como anguilas, y todas, sin embargo, crispadas y trémulas por una enorme impaciencia.

O an Schramek hakk?nda akl?ndan geçenleri kad?nlar da erkeklerin kar??s?nda düÅŸünüyor olmal?yd?lar; kin ve öfke duyuyor, ama yine de güçlü birine teslim olman?n hoÅŸ duygusuna kap?l?yorlard?.

Pero no te diste cuenta de mi presencia, ni mucho menos, aunque estaba cada noche en tu calle, tanto si nevaba como si soplaba ese viento vienés que parece que te corta al pasar.

ya desde el principio se cumple la ley de su vida: recibirlo todo del destino demasiado pronto, y sin la alegría de ser consciente de ello.