Franz Werfel citáty
Franz Werfel
Dátum narodenia: 10. september 1890
Dátum úmrtia: 26. august 1945
Franz Werfel bol rakúsko-český, nemecky píšuci spisovateľ. Bol jedným z popredných predstaviteľov expresionizmu.
Citáty Franz Werfel
„Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.“
— Franz Werfel, kniha Jacobowsky und der Oberst
Zwischen zu früh und zu spät, liegt immer nur ein Augenblick.
Jacobowsky und der Oberst : Komödie einer Tragödie in drei Akten (1945), p. 52
„For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.“
As quoted in Philippine Studies (1953) by Ateneo de Manila, p. 269; also in Everest : The Mountaineering History (2000) by Walt Unsworth, p. 100; but this has also been attributed to Ignatius of Loyola in Think of an Elephant : Combining Science and Spirituality for a Better Life (2007) by Paul Bailey http://books.google.com/books?id=1WWeHgqLoBkC&pg=PT299&dq=%22For+those+who+believe,+no+words+are+necessary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LiGzUor6FdapsASYsYGgBA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22For%20those%20who%20believe%2C%20no%20words%20are%20necessary%22&f=false
Disputed
„Happiness is … the grace of being permitted to unfold … all the spiritual powers planted within us.“
As quoted in Journey to New Beginnings : Finding Peace Within (2006) by Debbie Ziemann, p. 167
„Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.“
Preface to Das Lied Von Bernadette [The Song of Bernadette] (1941)
„The safest wealth is the poverty of needs.“
Der sicherste Reichtum ist die Armut an Bedürfnissen.
Zwischen oben und unten (1946), p. 315