The Magic Mountain Quotes

Culture and possessions – there is the bourgeoisie for you.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of...
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
It is not the part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.