Franz Werfel quotes
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“Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.”
-- Franz WerfelSource : "Jacobowsky und der Oberst : Komödie einer Tragödie in drei Akten". Book by Franz Werfel, p. 52, 1945.
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“Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death.”
-- Franz WerfelSource : Franz Werfel (1945). “Poems”
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“False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.”
-- Franz WerfelSource : Franz Werfel (2017). “Between Heaven and Earth”, p.61, Pickle Partners Publishing
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“Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.”
-- Franz WerfelSource : "The Song of Bernadette". Book by Franz Werfel, 1941.
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“Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy.”
-- Franz WerfelSource : Franz Werfel (2017). “Between Heaven and Earth”, p.215, Pickle Partners Publishing
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“Happiness is... the grace of being permitted to unfold... all the spiritual powers planted within us.”
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“The basic formula of all sin is: frustrated or neglected love.”
-- Franz Werfel
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“Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.”
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“Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself.”
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“Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.”
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“There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.”
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Source : Adi Da Samraj (2005). “Easy Death: Spiritual Wisdom on the Ultimate Transcending of Death and Everything Else”, p.3, North Atlantic Books
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“Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.”
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“When we're in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.”
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