Stefan Zweig Quotes

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.
Stefan Zweig

Life, History, Human

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.
Stefan Zweig

Life, Peace, War

Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.
Stefan Zweig

High, Within, Eventually

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.
Stefan Zweig

Work, Time, Power

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
Stefan Zweig

Fate, Gods, Deed

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
Stefan Zweig

History, Short, Reason

The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.
Stefan Zweig

Free, Earth, Spirit

It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
Stefan Zweig

Conscience, Count, Foolhardy

Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.
Stefan Zweig

Once, England, Horizon

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
Stefan Zweig

History, Mind, Person

One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
Stefan Zweig

Others, Enthusiasm, Convinced

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
Stefan Zweig

Misfortune, Exile, Realities

The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.
Stefan Zweig

Idea, Plan, Unity

There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.
Stefan Zweig

Sacrifice, After, Sense

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.
Stefan Zweig

Peace, War, Speak

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.
Stefan Zweig

Today, Living, Impossible

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Writer

Born: November 28, 1881

Died: February 22, 1942

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