What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.
Thomas MannI tell them that if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the flesh.
Thomas MannWe don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
Thomas Mann(T)here was a story they used to tell at home about a girl whose punishment was that every time she opened her mouth, snakes and toads came out, snakes and toads with every word. The book didn't say what she did about it, but I've always assumed she probably ended up keeping her mouth shut.
Thomas Mann