Quotes from Stefan Zweig

insanl???n en dikkate ÅŸayan baÅŸar?lar?n?n hemen her zaman ak?t?lan kanlarla lekelenmesi ve en büyük iÅŸlerin üstesinden zalimlerin gelmesii nsanl???n ebedi lanetidir!" syf- 146

Cómo soporta uno que lo único que puede llegar a conocer sea lo que llega por casualidad a sus ojos, a sus oídos? ¿Cómo se puede respirar sin el aire universal que brota de los libros?

Come tutte le nature caparbie non aveva il senso del ridicolo.

The vast power of money, mighty when you have it and even mightier when you don't, with its divine gift of freedom and the demonic fury it unleashes on those forced to do without it—

The daemon is the incorporation of that tormenting leaven which impels our being (otherwise quiet and almost inert) towards danger, immoderation, ecstasy, renunciation and even self-destruction.

Physician, heal thyself," runs the adage; but it was characteristic of Mary Baker as of so many mental healers, that the magician who cured thousands could never fully succeed in curing herself.

If today I were to counsel a young writer who is still unsure of his way, I would try to persuade him first to adapt or translate a sizable work. In all sacrificing service there is more assurance for the beginner than in his own creation, and nothing that one has ever done with devotion is done in vain.

Once shame touches your being at any point, even the most distant nerve is implicated, whether you know it or not; any fleeting encounter or random thought will rake up the anguish and add to it.

La gratitude rend heureux parce qu'on fait rarement l'expérience palpable, la délicatesse de sentiment fait du bien et, pour moi, être mesuré et froid, une telle exaltation signifiait quelque chose de tout à fait bienfaisant, merveilleux.

Une révolution, il le sait, dans son expérience précoce, n'appartient jamais au premier qui la déclenche, mais toujours au dernier qui la termine, et qui la tire à lui, – comme un butin.

Benim böyle bir heyecana kap?lmam, bu ateÅŸi hissetmem, hararetimin bu kadar yükselmesi, elimde olmadan sesimin deÄŸiÅŸmesi için ne olmas? gerekirdi acaba?

Ä°çimin bir zamanlar ne kadar ölü olduÄŸunu asla bilmediler

have heard, again, from other sources — you may laugh, but it is always madness that first gives one an insight into the intensity of a passion — that he has promised vast sums in the way of donations both to the synagogue and to the parish priest in the event of his child's recovery.

Unsere Entschlüsse sind in viel höherem Maß von der Anpassung an Stand und Umgebung abhängig, als wir geneigt sind, uns einzugestehen.

made my way up to the deck. It was deserted. And as I looked above the steam from the funnel and the ghostly gleam of the spars, a magical brightness suddenly met my eyes. The sky was radiant, dark behind the white stars wheeling through it and yet radiant, as if a velvet curtain up there veiled a great light, and the twinkling stars were merely gaps and cracks through which that indescribable brightness shone.

Hiç bilmediÄŸim bir uçurumun içine düÅŸtüm, yine de o bir saatin içinde sizin aran?zda geçirdiÄŸim kaskat? y?llardan çok daha canl? hissettim kendimi.

Seul le malheur procure une vision large et profonde des réalités de ce monde.

Este estar cerca y a la vez lejos de ella, sin ver ni un reflejo de su pelo, sin oír siquiera una palabra medio ahogada de su voz y, sin embargo, con las almas estrechamente entrelazadas, le resulta un tormento insoportable.

Personally I take more satisfaction in understanding people than in passing judgement on them.

Mais ta beauté est si singulière, c'est une bonté ouverte où chacun peut se servir autant que ses mains le lui permettent, elle est si grande, infiniment grande ta bonté, mais pardonne-moi- elle est indolente.

frase de Escipión, que de sí mismo dijo que nunca estuvo más activo que cuando no tuvo nada que hacer y nunca menos solo que cuando estaba solo consigo mismo.

As if I already had some inkling of my own future fate, I was most moved by those of the people here who had no homeland, or even worse, had not just one but two or three, and privately still did not feel sure where they belonged.

I revelled in my own blissful lightness of heart and the happiness of others, for when one is happy oneself, one can only picture the rest of the world as happy.

The strikingly broad, almost athletically powerful shoulders unfortunately reflected the character of his playing too, for this Mr. McConnor was one of those self-obsessed big wheels who feel personally diminished by a defeat in even the most trivial game.