Writing well was almost the same as thinking well, and thinking well was the next thing to acting well.
Zdroj: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
Kontext: Writing well was almost the same as thinking well, and thinking well was the next thing to acting well. All moral discipline, all moral perfection derived from the soul of literature, from the soul of human dignity, which was the moving spirit of both humanity and politics. Yes, they were all one, one and the same force, one and the same idea, and all of them could be comprehended in one single word... The word was — civilization!
„Umenie dobre žiť a dobre umrieť je to isté.“
„Konaj dobro a konaj ho dobre.“
10.10.
Myšlienky Márie Wardovej
„Rozum je na to, aby sme presne mysleli a srdce, aby sme dobre konali.“
„Byť šťastný - najistejší prostriedok priblížiť sa k dobru.“
Prisudzované výroky
„Na to, aby ste dobre písali, vyjadrujte sa ako bežní ľudia, ale myslite ako múdry človek.“
„Pravda, dobro a krása sú len rôzne tváre toho istého.“
