Thomas Mann

Date of Birth:

06-Jun-1875

Nationality:

Germany

Profession:

Thomas Mann was a renowned German novelist, social critic, essayist, short story writer and philanthropist, who was honored with the ‘Noble Prize' for literature. Initially, he was interested in pursuing a career in journalism and worked on increasing his intellect about his surroundings. After completing his studies, he landed up a job at a renowned insurance company. He started off his writing career by writing for a popular magazine called ‘Simplicissimus’. This was followed by his novel ‘Buddenbrooks’ which was very successful and established his reputation as a writer. This book portrays the life of a merchant family and is believed to be inspired by his family. He also collectively published his short stories by the title ‘Der Kleine Herr Friedemann’ which turned out to be one of the notable works of his career. He further published various successful novels including the trilogy ‘Joseph and his brothers’. The most popular work of his career is believed to be ‘Death in Venice’. In this book, he recorded all his struggles for being a bisexual and has personified his frustration in the form of a 14-year-old boy’s character in the book. Following are some notable quotes and thoughts by the acclaimed writer which have been extracted from the vast sea of his work. Take a look at the quotations and thoughts by Thomas Mann which will enlighten you about life.

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QUOTES BY Thomas Mann

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden.

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.

No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world will unhesitatingly endorse it.