Stefan Zweig Quotes

Stefan Zweig Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Stefan Zweig
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
Austrian
Birth day:
November 28
Birth year:
1881

  • 1
    Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself. Stefan Zweig
  • 2
    In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour. Stefan Zweig
  • 3
    In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting. Stefan Zweig
  • 4
    Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral. Stefan Zweig
  • 5
    Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon. Stefan Zweig
  • 6
    One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others. Stefan Zweig
  • 7
    Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life. Stefan Zweig
  • 8
    The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth. Stefan Zweig
  • 9
    The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher. Stefan Zweig
  • 10
    The life of our generation is now set. We do not have the power to influence the flow of events, and no right to offer advice to the next generation. Stefan Zweig
  • 11
    There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice. Stefan Zweig
  • 12
    Today, as a Jew, one should not have any position or accept any honors because it is difficult to live with those eternal compromises. Stefan Zweig
  • 13
    Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German. Stefan Zweig
  • 14
    When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process. Stefan Zweig

 

 

 

 

 

 

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