Robert Musil

On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room. ↗

— Robert Musil

#hung #people #perceptible #real #rested

Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just as rare for it to be one or the other. It is usually both. ↗

— Robert Musil

#book #both #cases #determine #good

Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system. ↗

— Robert Musil

#disposal #into #locking #people #philosophers

Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop. ↗

— Robert Musil

#progress #stop #wonderful #would

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need. ↗

— Robert Musil

#clearly #diary #felt #i #need

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture. ↗

— Robert Musil

#cast #existence #good #optical #our

Life is to blame for everything. ↗

— Robert Musil

#everything #life

Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression. ↗

— Robert Musil

#anything #endures #impression #make #over

The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mental illnesses, and the mentally ill person has only one. ↗

— Robert Musil

#difference #fact #healthy #healthy person #ill