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Franz Viktor Werfel (10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote in German.
Quotes
Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.
- Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.
- Preface to Das Lied Von Bernadette [The Song of Bernadette] (1941)
- Zwischen zu früh und zu spät, liegt immer nur ein Augenblick.
- Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.
- Jacobowsky und der Oberst : Komödie einer Tragödie in drei Akten (1945), p. 52
- Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.
- Der sicherste Reichtum ist die Armut an Bedürfnissen.
- The safest wealth is the poverty of needs.
- Zwischen oben und unten (1946), p. 315
- The safest wealth is the poverty of needs.
- 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
Disputed
- 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
External links
- Profile at Author's Calendar
- Works by Franz Werfel at Project Gutenberg
- A small album of miscellaneous photographs
- Franz Werfel author profile
- Jeremiah - Symphony No. 3 by Bertold Hummel after the novel Jeremias by Franz Werfel
- Mahler-Werfel papers, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- Franz Werfel Papers at UCLA
- Franz Werfel Family Papers at the Leo Baeck Institute, NY
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