Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
soul desire existentialism
I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.
lines too-late existentialism
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.
men doe
Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
son house citizens
You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.
philosophical murder abstract
I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
philosophical essence existence
Existence precedes and rules essence.
philosophical men resources
Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?
son blood giving
I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.
philosophical sixteen saint
One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.
assassins revolutionary good-enough
Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins.
light forgiving earth
If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light.
struggle party mean
The [Communist] Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle.
people nausea reason
Nothing happens while you live. The scenery changes, people come in and go out, that's all. There are no beginnings. Days are tacked on to days without rhyme or reason, an interminable, monotonous addition.
men sheep kingdoms
A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.