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More Quotes by Stefan Zweig
In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.
Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.
Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.
Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.
Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.
Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.
He who studies without passion will never become anything more than a pedant.
