Whose best and most fruitful gift was the power of admiration, which made it possible for me to learn. Now, as in my youth, I am looking up to the truly great creations of the past, which I see high above my own and which alone deserve the name of greatness.
Thomas E. MannThe writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought.
Thomas E. MannFirst, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.
Thomas E. MannWe are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way.
Thomas E. MannIn addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
Thomas E. MannI will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's heart be ruled by death... The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life; to regard it, with the understanding and the .emotions, as the inviolable condition of life.
Thomas E. Mann