Robert Musil Quotes about Soul

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For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that life would not be worth living without a spark of that mysterious fire.

For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that life would not be worth living without a spark of that mysterious fire.

Robert Musil

Fire, Soul, Sparks

Robert Musil (2015). “The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic”, p.189, Pan Macmillan

We do not have too much intellect and too little soul, but too little intellect in matters of the soul.

Robert Musil

Soul, Littles, Matter

Robert Musil, Burton Pike, David S. Luft (1995). “Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses”, p.131, University of Chicago Press

Every day there comes a moment when a person lays his hands in his lap and all his busyness collapses like ashes. The work accomplished is, from the soul's point of view, entirely imaginary.

Robert Musil

Views, Hands, Soul

Robert Musil, Burton Pike, David S. Luft (1995). “Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses”, p.153, University of Chicago Press