Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.

If human beings are immortal, so are animals. If matter has the ability to remember, it also has the ability to think.

A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet.

Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest.

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.

Who could deny that our Austria is richer than any other country? As the saying goes: "We have money like manure.