Thomas mann

Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form.

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word?

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.