Stefan Zweig Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

“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.”

“There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.”

“It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.”

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