For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that life would not be worth living without a spark of that mysterious fire.
The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mentall illnesses, and the mentally … - Robert Musil
The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mentall illnesses, and the mentally …
- Robert Musil
... for the modern soul, for which it is mere child's play to bridge oceans and continents, there is nothing so impossible as to find the contact wit… - Robert Musil
... for the modern soul, for which it is mere child's play to bridge oceans and continents, there is nothing so impossible as to find the contact wit…
One does what one is; one becomes what one does. - Robert Musil
One does what one is; one becomes what one does.
...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them afloat wi… - Robert Musil
...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them afloat wi…
Layer by layer art strips life bare. - Robert Musil
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress… - Robert Musil
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress…
One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic. - Robert Musil
One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic.
Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop. - Robert Musil
Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.
True' and 'false' are the evasions of people who never want to arrive at a decision. Truth is something without end. - Robert Musil
True' and 'false' are the evasions of people who never want to arrive at a decision. Truth is something without end.
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