8 Quotes & Sayings By Franz Werfel

Franz Werfel was a German author and playwright. He wrote the novels The Song of Bernadette and The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, as well as the play Jud Süß. The book Jud Süß is available in English under the title The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. Jud Süß is a novel about a Jewish boy who is falsely convicted of having killed his Christian father Read more

Werfel also wrote the play Jud Süß that became a successful film in 1939.

For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those...
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For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible. Franz Werfel
Which road, which road did you take That brought you...
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Which road, which road did you take That brought you here at last? No road, no road did I take. I leaped, I leaped from dream to dream. Franz Werfel
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... failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525) Franz Werfel
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Everything in this world is primarily a matter of morals, and only very much later one of politics. Franz Werfel
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We belong far less to where we've come from than where we want to go. Franz Werfel
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The old sporadic fanaticism of religious hatred had been skillfully perverted into the cold, steady fanaticism of national hate. Franz Werfel
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Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy. Franz Werfel