Love must not entreat... Or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.

Liebe muß nicht bitten ... auch nicht fordern. Liebe muß die Kraft haben, in sich selbst zur Gewißheit zu kommen. Dann wird sie nicht mehr gezogen, sondern zieht.

Hermann Hesse

Demian

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Topic

Secure love Love

Speaker

Frau Eva

Author

Hermann Hesse

Source

Demian

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

German

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

Current Citation

Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.

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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Siddhartha

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Hermann Hesse
Source
Siddhartha
Language
German
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 1910s

My position as regards the moneyed interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily, and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand, for property belongs to man and not man to property.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Property rights
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Theodore Roosevelt
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." 23 Apr. 1910, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Letters and Speeches, edited by Louis Auchincloss. Library of America, 2004.

Another quote about Love

If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic
Nature of love Imperfection Love Fallen world
Speaker
Jöns
Actor
Gunnar Björnstrand
Source
The Seventh Seal
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama
Language
Swedish
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic
Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.

Another quote originally in German

A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing.
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing.

Martin Luther

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

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God's protection Nature of God

Author

Martin Luther
Source
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
Medium
Hymn
Language
German
Time
1529 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [A Mighty Fortress Is Our God]. c. 1531.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." Lutheran Prayer Companion, translated by Matthew Carver. Concordia Publishing House, 2018.