“[E]ach individual is holy, it is God’s work, it is its own purpose. If it becomes what it can become according to its nature, then it has done enough, and what it profits others is a side issue.” PhilosophyVirtueIndividualityRomanticismGerman Literature Author:Karoline von Günderrode
“Everything that was created is good, says the holy writing; why not human beings only? Why should they be otherwise than they are? Strange! - This fills me with sorrow. To slaughter one's sensations and wishes on the altars of necessity or morality, one calls that virtue.” PhilosophyVirtueMoralityGoodnessRomanticismGerman Literature Author:Karoline von Günderrode
“Why, then, is everything on earth good except human beings? Why should they alone become different than they are?” PhilosophyHuman BeingsSinVirtueRomanticismGerman Literature Author:Karoline von Günderrode