Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself. |
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world. |
Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon. |
Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world. |
The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher. |
The life of our generation is now set. We do not have the power to influence the flow of events, and no right to offer advice to the next generation. |
Today, as a Jew, one should not have any position or accept any honors because it is difficult to live with those eternal compromises. |
Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German. |