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Christian Morgenstern Quotes

1871–1914 Germany

Christian Morgenstern (May 6, 1871 – March 31, 1914) was a German author.

Germany
Non-fiction authors
Poets
Translators

Also known as: Morgenstern, Christian

Random Christian Morgenstern quote

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Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word in the world.

aphorism (1907)

Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.

The Hidden Souls of Words (2004)

All Servants
Across the heavens that surround this sphere, I write:
It is not the tyrant who is a shameful man,
but the servant of the tyrant.

For, he reasons pointedly
That which must not, can not be.

None of you knows what creativity means. To paint a picture, to write a poem? No! To recast one’s whole age, to impose upon it the stamp of one’s will, to fill it with beauty, to overwhelm it, to overpower it with one’s spirit.

Zarathustra’s Children (2000)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christian Morgenstern (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.