Philosophie
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.”
“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”
“Too much sanity may be madness—and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be.”
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
“We live as we dream—alone.”
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
“We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.”
“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”
“We are doomed to choose and every choice may entail an irreparable loss.”
“Es ist niemals ein Dokument der Kultur, ohne zugleich ein solches der Barbarei zu sein.”
“There are trivial truths and great truths; the opposite of a great truth is also true.”
“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”
“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction.”
“Musik ist eine höhere Offenbarung als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.”
“Die Politik ist die Lehre vom Möglichen.”