Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate. Thomas Mann fatehumanreason Change image and share on social
Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word? Thomas Mann changemagicsave Change image and share on social
I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress. Thomas Mann bearergleamlove Change image and share on social
A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man. Thomas Mann articulateexperiencefelt Change image and share on social
There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect. Thomas Mann equivocalgentlemaninsist 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