Franz Werfel

“Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy.”

“. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)”

“For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.”

“Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death.”

“We belong far less to where we've come from than where we want to go.”

“Which road, which road did you takeThat brought you here at last?No road, no road did I take.I leaped, I leaped from dream to dream.”

“Everything in this world is primarily a matter of morals, and only very much later one of politics.”