Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
From Stefan Zweig
One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.
Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German.
Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.
Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.
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