August StrindbergThinkers

Character is often a simple piece of mechanism. Many men have only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Distance is not spatial, but existential. The further from one another, the nearer one can be.

A Dog's owner is just a coward who hasn't got the guts to bite people himself.

The Dog is the protector of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

The Dog owner is a coward who hasn't got the guts to bite people himself.

Economics is a science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass.

Evil's full power lies in its ability to make ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.

Evil is necessary. Those who won't accept it never get anything good.

Existence is proved by the fact of dreaming — one might say 'I dream, therefore I exist.'

Failure is so painful to watch because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution... every backward step means wasted energy.

The Family is a social institution which does not permit the child to become an independent individual at the proper time.

The Family is the supposed sacred home of all the virtues where innocent children are tortured into their first falsehoods, where wills are broken by parental tyranny, and self-respect smothered by crowded, jostling egos.

The Father is the thankless position in the family... the provider for all, and the enemy of all.