More Quotes by Stefan Zweig
Health alone does not suffice. To be happy, to become creative, man must always be strengthened by faith in the meaning of his own existence.
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.
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.
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.
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.
The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.
He who studies without passion will never become anything more than a pedant.
There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.
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.
