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Biography - Stefan Zweig:

Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer.
Born: 1881 - Died: 1942
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Austria
Austria

But even thoughts, insubstantial as they seem, require an anchorage if they are not to revolve and circle around themselves; they too weigh down under nothingness.
Stefan Zweig - The Royal Game


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Même si elles semblent immatérielles, les pensées ont besoin d’un point d’appui, sinon elles se mettent à tourner, à tourbillonner sans but sur elles-mêmes ; elles non plus ne supportent pas le néant.
Stefan Zweig - Le Joueur d'échecs

German
Aber selbst Gedanken, so substanzlos sie scheinen, brauchen einen Stützpunkt, sonst beginnen sie zu rotieren und sinnlos um sich selbst zu kreisen; auch sie ertragen nicht das Nichts.
Stefan Zweig - Schachnovelle



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Quotes for: thought


Quotes

Quotes about thought:


Great thoughts come from the heart.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
John Locke - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding / 





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard / 





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De oratore / 





The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





Lucidity adds beauty to profound thoughts.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 






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Stefan Zweig also said...


The rest belongs to the music as well.
Stefan Zweig / 





Personally, I enjoy understanding people more than judging them.
Stefan Zweig - Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman / 





The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its lofty stance instead of trying to understand them and to learn from them.
Stefan Zweig





The feeling of self-assurance derived from physical achievement always transfers itself to the mental sphere.
Stefan Zweig





The heart is able to bury deep and well what is urgently desires to forget.
Stefan Zweig





One can run away from anything but oneself.
Stefan Zweig







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