371 Quotes by Stefan Zweig

N'aie pas peur de mes paroles: une morte ne veut plus rien, elle ne veut ni amour, ni pitié, ni réconfort.

That...that was how I spent the day, just waiting, waiting, waiting...but waiting like a man running amok, senselessly, like an animal, with that headlong, direct persistance.

Ambition had never troubled me, so I decided to begin by watching life at my leisure for a few years, waiting until I finally felt tempted to find some circle of influence for myself.

goodness and truth have never yet succeeded in curing humanity or even a single human being.

And the child—your child—was born there in the midst of misery. It was a deadly place: strange, everything was strange, we women lying there were strange to each other, lonely and hating one another out of misery, the same torment in that crowded ward full of chloroform and blood, screams and groans.

There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

a human being will accept the strictest disciplinary measures with a better grace if he knows that they will fall with equal severity on his neighbour. Justice in some mysterious way makes up for violence.

İnsan ancak kimsenin yazgısına müdahale etmez, bir eyleme karışmazsa ve yalnız yaşarsa adaletli olabilir. Zindanda hiç kimseyle konuşmadan, yapayalnız yaşadığım kadar yakın olmadım bilginin ışığına ve hiç oradaki kadar uzak olmadım günaha. Bırakın barış içinde yaşayayım evimde, tanrılar için kendimi feda etmekten başka işim olmasın ve arınmış olayım tüm günahlardan.

Tu mirada distraída me acarició sin quererlo y en el acto, en cuanto se encontró con la atención de mis ojos, se convirtió en aquella manera tuya de mirar a las mujeres —cómo me estremecieron los viejos recuerdos—, esa mirada tierna que te envuelve y a la vez te desnuda, que te rodea y casi te toca...