Kurt Tucholsky

One man's death: that is a catastrophe. A hundred thousand dead: that is a statistic

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate.

How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.