No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand.

Keiner kann lang gut sein, wenn nicht Güte verlangt wird.

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Incentives Character

Speaker

The First God

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Good Woman of Setzuan

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. Der gute Mensch von Sezuan [The Good Person of Szechwan]. 1943, Zürich Schauspielhaus, Zürich, Switzerland.

Current Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. The Good Person Of Szechwan, edited by Tom Kuhn and Charlotte Ryland, translated by John Willett. Methuen Drama, 2012.

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Another quote from the 1940s

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

Andre Malraux

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Topic
The human condition
Speaker
Walter

Author

Andre Malraux
Source
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Malraux, Andre. Les Noyers de l'Altenburg [The Walnut Trees of Altenburg]. Gallimard, c. 1948.

Another quote about Character

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that Fate and character are the same conception.

Novalis

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Topic
Character Fate
Speaker
Heinrich von Ofterdingen

Author

Novalis
Source
Heinrich von Ofterdingen
Language
German
Time
1802 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Novalis. Heinrich von Ofterdingen. Berlin, 1802, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Novalis. Henry von Ofterdingen. Dover Publications, 2015, pt. 2.

Another quote from 1943

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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Topic
What really matters The heart Perception Reason and emotion
Speaker
Fox

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
The Little Prince
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 21.

Another quote originally in German

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols

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Topic
Resilience Overcoming adversity Adversity Character

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Twilight of the Idols
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
German
Time
1889 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Götzen-Dämmerung, oder, Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert [Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer]. 1889.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Frederick. Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer, translated by Walter Kaufman and R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990.