Erich Maria RemarqueThinkers

Courage is to escape forward.

The Mirror is there when we are and yet it never gives anything back to us but our own image, and we shall never know what they are when they are alone or what is behind them.

The Pessimist is a former optimist — The greatest pessimists are found among the former optimists.

Tolerance is the daughter of doubt.

War is seen most clearly for what it is in a hospital.