Quotes by : Sándor Márai

Evidently one endures anything, provided one has a goal.

There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.

Sin is not just what the catechism says it is. Sin is not simply that which we commit. Sin is also what....

It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened,....

Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over....

I am thinking that people find truth and collect experiences in vain, for they cannot change their fundamental....

You only benefit from books if you can give something back to them. What I mean is, if you approach them....

There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another....

Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?

No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best....