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"Ich dachte ja irgendwie schon mehr gelesen zu haben das schleppt sich hier" — Jan 04, 2026 03:47PM
"Ich dachte ja irgendwie schon mehr gelesen zu haben das schleppt sich hier" — Jan 04, 2026 03:47PM
“But between the people who produce things over and above what they consume, and send them out into the world, and the people who don't produce anything and who do nothing but consume, which are the great human beings? Which are the important human beings? If you ask yourself this, it's not much of a puzzle, is it?”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
“Ich verlange in allem Leben, Möglichkeit des Daseins, und dann ist's gut; wir haben dann nicht zu fragen, ob es schön, ob es hässlich ist, das Gefühl, dass Was geschaffen sei, Leben habe, stehe über diesen Beiden, und sei das einzige Kriterium in Kunstsachen.”
― Lenz
― Lenz
“Der Nationalglaube in Europa, im Norden noch viel mehr als im Süden, war pantheistisch, seine Mysterien und Symbole bezogen sich auf einen Naturdienst, in jedem Elemente verehrte man wunderbare Wesen, in jedem Baume atmete eine Gottheit, die ganze Erscheinungswelt war durchgöttert; das Christentum verkehrte diese Ansicht und an die Stelle einer durchgötterten Natur trat eine durchteufelte.”
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“There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more expansive, generous people…”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
“That is why I think the first, most basic step in these matters is to start with the moments of real feeling in your life, when your heart is truly moved, and to think about the meaning of those. The things that you feel most deeply, from the very bottom of your heart, will never deceive you in the slightest. And so at all times, in all things, whatever feelings you may have, consider these carefully.”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
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