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
singing suffering sorrow
She suffers as a miser. She must be miserly with her pleasures, as well. I wonder if sometimes she doesn't wish she were free of this monotonous sorrow, of these mutterings which start as soon as she stops singing, if she doesn't wish to suffer once and for all, to drown herself in despair. In any case, it would be impossible for her: she is bound.
existentialism human-nature there-is-no-god
There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
mistake heart reason
Naturally, in the course of my life I have made lots of mistakes, large and small, for one reason or another, but at the heart of it all, every time I made a mistake it was because I was not radical enough.
body disgusting
It is disgusting -- Why must we have bodies?
happiness talent sole
Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent;" my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.
violence nothing-to-lose loses
Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose.
stupidity choices enough
One should commit no stupidity twice, the variety of choice is, in the end, large enough.
What is not possible is not to choose.
imagine
Because we can imagine, we are free.
water slipping depth
There it is: I am gently slipping into the water's depths, towards fear.
truth opposites stories
As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
real men play
Listen to me: a family man is never a real family man. An assassin is never entirely assassin. They play a role, you understand. While a dead man, he is really dead. To be or not to be, right?
party mean power
What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never useit for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power.
past able alienation
How can I, who was not able to retain my own past, hope to save that of another?