I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour. Georg Brandes More Quotes by Georg Brandes More Quotes From Georg Brandes Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave. Georg Brandes pariahsslavemorality But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both. Georg Brandes madnessovercomingdoubt A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion. Georg Brandes compassionhumanitylying Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house. Georg Brandes birthhousechildren The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster. Georg Brandes headmasterspersonsattention Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior. Georg Brandes takenrealbrother School is a foretaste of life. Georg Brandes school-lifeschool Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods. Georg Brandes picnicsdelightsummer Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me. Georg Brandes enrichingmindfeelings He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish. Georg Brandes danishjokesdoe My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. Georg Brandes smilecirclesyears I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer. Georg Brandes ardentdancer But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty. Georg Brandes glimpsestrongyears I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry. Georg Brandes monthstwoworld Nietzsche inveighs against every sort of historical optimism; but he energetically repudiates the ordinary pessimism, which is the result of degenerate or enfeebled instincts of decadence. He preaches with youthful enthusiasm the triumph of a tragic culture, introduced by an intrepid rising generation, in which the spirit of ancient Greece might be born again. He rejects the pessimism of Schopenhauer, for he already abhors all renunciation; but he seeks a pessimism of healthiness, one derived from strength, from exuberant power, and he believes he has found it in the Greeks. Georg Brandes optimismgreekbelieve Those [Christians] had left to love on earth were then: brothers and sisters in hatred, whom they called then: brothers and sisters in love. Georg Brandes hatredbrotherchristian What has here happened is that the instinct of cruelty, which has turned inwards, has become self-torture, and all man's animal instincts have been reinterpreted as guilt towards God. Every Nay man utters to his nature, to his real being, he flings out as a Yea, an affirmation of reality applied to God's sanctity Georg Brandes realanimalmen Under the dominion of the priests our earth became the ascetic planet; a squalid den careering through space, peopled by discontented and arrogant creatures, who were disgusted with life, abhorred their globe as a vale of tears, and who in their envy and hatred of beauty and joy did themselves as much harm as possible. Georg Brandes envyspacehatred The loathing of mankind is a force that surprises and overwhelms one, fed by hundreds of springs concealed his subconsciousness. One only detects its presence after having long entertained it unawares. Georg Brandes loathingspringlong On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not. Georg Brandes wholefriendlyworld
