For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious. Thomas Mann flowformulafoundation Change image and share on social
People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives. Thomas Mann behaviorgoalmake Change image and share on social
Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist. Thomas Mann humanmoderatereasonable Change image and share on social
For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed. Thomas Mann beautifulbegetdeed Change image and share on social
Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form. Thomas Mann forminstinctliterature Change image and share on social
Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out into hysterical barbarism. Thomas Mann barbarismbreakgerman Change image and share on social
One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Thomas Mann cleverhealthyidea Change image and share on social
Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you. Thomas Mann bourgeoisieculturepossession Change image and share on social
An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates. Thomas Mann artcharacterizecreate Change image and share on social
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent. Thomas Mann calldecentdie Change image and share on social