Famous Thomas Mann Quotes

  • For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts. – Thomas Mann

    For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts.– Thomas Mann

  • Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them. – Thomas Mann

    Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.– Thomas Mann

  • How can I free myself from sexuality? Eat nothing but rice? – Thomas Mann

    How can I free myself from sexuality? Eat nothing but rice?– Thomas Mann

  • Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject – Thomas Mann

    Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject– Thomas Mann

  • The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge. – Thomas Mann

    The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.– Thomas Mann

  • A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. – Thomas Mann

    A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.– Thomas Mann

  • Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. – Thomas Mann

    Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.– Thomas Mann

  • At thirty a man steps out of the darkness and wasteland of preparation into active life it is the time to show oneself, the time of fulfillment. – Thomas Mann

    At thirty a man steps out of the darkness and wasteland of preparation into active life it is the time to show oneself, the time of fulfillment.– Thomas Mann

  • Prayers and love are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible and your heart has turned to stone. – Thomas Mann

    Prayers and love are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible and your heart has turned to stone.– Thomas Mann

  • Deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless? – Thomas Mann

    Deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless?– Thomas Mann