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
life hate order
I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.
our-actions way responsible
Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.
believe knows
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.
men rooms impossible
If I relegate impossible Salvation to the prop room, what remains? A whole man, composed of all men and as good as all of them and no better than any.
hurt suffering tears
I will take it all: tongs, molten lead, prongs, garrotes, all that burns, all that tears, I want to truly suffer. Better one hundred bites, better the whip, vitriol, than this suffering in the head, this ghost of suffering which grazes and caresses and never hurts enough.
imagination existential realizing
Imagination is not an empirical or superadded power of consciousness, it is the whole of consciousness as it realizes its freedom.
men genius way
Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
men differences different
Men equally honest, equally devoted to their fatherland, are momentarily separated by different conceptions of their duty.
life games would-be
We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.
suffering rhythm like-me
You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
teacher teaching philosophical
As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
graduation freedom responsibility
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
fake-people hate judging
I hate victims who respect their executioners.
funny humor waiting
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.