“ For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts. Thomas Mann
“ Cases of typhoid take the following course:When the fever is at its height, life calls out to the patient: calls out to him as he wanders in his distant dream, and summons him in no uncertain voice. T… Thomas Mann
“ Habituation is a falling asleep or fatiguing of the sense of time which explains why young years pass slowly while later life flings itself faster and faster upon its course. Thomas Mann
“ I tell them that if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the flesh. Thomas Mann
“ For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Thomas Mann
“ For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. Thomas Mann
“ It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society a… Thomas Mann
“ A human being who is first of all an invalid is all body therein lies his inhumanity and his debasement. Thomas Mann
“ But even those five-and-forty minutes were too long, the bored me --and boredom is the coldest thing in the world. Thomas Mann
“ Speech is civilization itself. The word even the most contradictory word preserves contact - it is silence which isolates. Thomas Mann
“ Discussions should always be held just before going to bed, your rear protected by sleep. How painful, after an intellectual conversation, to have to go about with your mind so stirred up. Thomas Mann
