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
stills ifs i-can
I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.
party causes communist
I entered the [Communist] Party because its cause was just and I will leave it when it ceases to be just.
mean political social
A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.
men rights optimism
With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.
deeds no-love
There is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love other than that which is manifested in loving.
men creating guilt
I committed the first crime by creating men as mortals. After that, what more could you do, you the murderers? Come on; they already had death in them: at most you simply hastened things a little.
joy justified existence
This is the basis for the joy of love when there is joy; we feel that our existence is justified.
believe doe responsible
When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything.
country police monsters
Either the USSR was not the country of socialism, in which case socialism didn't exist anywhere and doubtless, wasn't possible: or else, socialism was that, this abominable monster, this police state, the power of beasts of prey
subjectivity humans universe
Il n'y a pas d'autre univers qu'un univers humain, l'univers de la subjectivite humaine. There is no other universe except the human universe, the universe of human subjectivity.
powerful inspire powerful-god
All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others?
kings men soul
Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men and to them alone to let him flee or to destroy him.
love-is overcoming spite
To love is never just to love since it is also to will to love, and ... to love in spite of oneself, to allow oneself to be overcome by one's love.
heart kissing blow
To whomever gives a kiss or a blow Render a kiss or blow But to whomever gives when you are unable to return Offer all the hatred in your heart For you were slaves and he enslaves you