Stefan Zweig Quote

It's not enough to just think about death, but one must always keep it in front. Then life becomes more solemn, more important, more fruitful, and joyful.

Those who proclaim that they fight in favor of God are always the least peaceful men on Earth. As they believe to perceive heavenly messages, they are deaf to every word of humanity.

All science comes from pain. Pain always seeks the cause of things, while well-being tends to remain still and not look back.

Nothing makes people more unnatural and insubordinate than long and constant idleness.

Old age means nothing more than ceasing to suffer for the past.

Sometimes it is nothing more than a very thin door that separates children from what we call the real world, and a little wind can open it.

The surest measure of all strength is the resistance that overcomes.

The first sign of genuine political vocation is, at all times, that a man renounces from the beginning to demand what is unattainable for him.

It is not until we realize that we mean something to others that we feel there is an aim or purpose in our existence.

No fault is forgotten as long as the conscience remembers it.

Only those whom destiny has struck can truly be helped with love. Only they know how to love and be loved as it should be loved: with gratitude and humility.