Prophets of Dissent: Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy

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A.A. Knopf, 1918 - 214 pages
 

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Page 37 - Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Page 185 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 137 - O Mensch! Gib acht! Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht ? „Ich schlief, ich schlief — , Aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht : Die Welt ist tief, Und tiefer als der Tag gedacht. Tief ist ihr Weh — , Lust — tiefer noch als Herzeleid: Weh spricht: Vergeh! Doch alle Lust will Ewigkeit — , — Will tiefe, tiefe Ewigkeit!
Page 174 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 179 - And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 130 - Why is there so little fate in your looks? For all creators are hard, and it must seem blessedness unto you to press your hand upon millenniums and upon wax. This new table, oh, my brethren, I put over you: Become hard.
Page 185 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 6 - German, from one end of his country to the other, who stands revealed as a beast of prey which the firm will of our planet finally repudiates. We have here no wretched slaves dragged along by a tyrant king who alone is responsible. Nations have the government which they deserve, or rather, the government which they have is truly no more than the magnified and public projection of the private morality and mentality of the nation.
Page 105 - He serveth the servant, The brave he loves amain ; He kills the cripple and the sick, And straight begins again. For gods delight in gods, And thrust the weak aside ; To him who scorns their charities, Their arms fly open wide.
Page 45 - In order to illustrate the possibility of such a result of the struggle between environment and personality, it was necessary, Maeterlinck further explained, to place the chief personages of the drama in very peculiar circumstances, and to invoke the aid of myth and symbolism. The grounds...

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