Marie von Ebner EschenbachThinkers

Accident is veiled necessity.

Action is realized ability. Their lies a sea between what we can do and what we do do, and in its depths lies buried the wrecked will.

Action is the sole proof of ability.

The Aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

Beauty is a visual thing in which what delights us is the invisible.

The Book , when good, is packed with more truths than its author meant to put into it.

The Book is, when good, food that makes us hungry.

A Classic is not old news. He who reads only the classics is sure to remain up to date.

Curiosity is called research when it turns to serious matters.

Explanation is a narrow form of knowledge. Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Freedom stretches as far as your self-control.

Genius points the way; talent pursues it.