Quotes by : Thomas Mann

Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost....

There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.

Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts.

Deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless?

But the boredom of Frau Spatz had by now reached that pitch where it distorts the countenance of man,....

Cases of typhoid take the following course:When the fever is at its height, life calls out to the patient:....

Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!....

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with....

He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished,....