Franz Werfel

Franz Viktor Werfel (10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote in German. Quotes thumb|right| 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 Der sicherste Reichtum ist die Armut an Bedürfnissen. The safest wealth is the poverty of needs. Zwischen oben und unten (1946), p. 315 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 Quotes about Franz Werfel That's how it always was:/growing among the columns of poetry./Big brother, it was no pleasure, no. Anna Margolin from the poem "To Franz Werfel," translated from Yiddish by Shirley Kumove in Drunk from the Bitter Truth: The Poems of Anna Margolin (2005). Under the poem's title she quotes Werfel "How blissful we are/Who live in forms." 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 Werfel,+Franz Franz Werfel 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 Category:People from the Czech Republic Category:Poets from Austria Category:1890 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Jews from Austria Category:Novelists from Austria Category:Novelists from Germany Category:Playwrights from Germany Category:Playwrights from Austria Category:Short story writers from Austria Category:Short story writers from Germany Category:Poets from Germany Category:People from Prague