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18 Quotes that Captures the Essence of German Literature

German Authors

· German Literature

Are you fond of German literature? The chances are that you might have come across impressive German authors and their quotes to guide you in life.

Add paragraph text here.Right from Goethe to Eschenbach, the world is filled with renowned German authors who have contributed significantly to world literature. German literature is a highly renowned form of literature in the world and takes pride in hosting a wide number of top-class German authors who have delivered masterpieces to the world. German authors all around the world have captured their imaginations to reflect in their work for several centuries.

With the overall wealth of some of the great German authors as well as philosophers, there has been the evolution of some of the most profound, inspirational quotes that have changed the viewpoint of life.

Some Miscellaneous German Quotes in English:

1. “You must chaos within you to give birth to a rising star”

Friedrich Nietzsche

2. “The decision of kissing someone for the first time is the most crucial aspect of any love story. It tends to change the relationship between the two individuals more strongly than ever –even the final surrender.”

– Emil Ludwig in “Of Life & Love.”

3. “The world is a terrible place with a cruel, pitiless, and dark bad dream. It is not a good place to live in. Only in books would you find love, pity, and comfort. Books love anyone who would open them. Books give you security and friendship and do not ask anything back. They never go away –even as you treat them badly.”

–Cornelia Funke in “The Inkheart Trilogy.”

4. “He, who is the master of himself, and has attained command over his emotions, has the whole wide world at his feet along with everything underneath it.”

– Paul Fleming in 1641.

5. “Live life like –if you die, you will wish to have lived more.”

– Christian FurchtegottGellert in 1757.

6. “Religion is the opium of the masses.”

– Karl Marx.

7. “What does not kill me only makes me stronger.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche

8. “Anyone who has the ability to see beauty will never grow old.”

– Franz Kafka

9. “Thinks of all the beauty that is still left in you to be happy.”

– Anne Frank

10. “We all tend to live under the same sky, but we still do not have the same horizon.”

– Konrad Adenauer

11. “The human race is known to remember the abuses to which it has gone through instead of the endearments. What has been left of kisses? However, wounds leave scars.”

– Bertolt Brecht

12. “Only one thing is known to abide –an infinite form of beauty that gets passed from one form to another, revealed afresh and eternally changed”

– Georg Buchner.

13. “Live with your century. But, do not becomes its creature.”

– Friedrich Schiller.

14. “A writer is someone for whom writing tends to be more difficult than it might be for other people.”

– Thomas Mann.

15. “Books need to be heavy because the entire world is inside them.”

– Cornelia Funke.

16. “Love does not dominate. It only cultivates.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

17. “Life went on, even after all the dying.”

– Oliver Potzsch

18. “Words do not express thoughts well.”

– Hermann Hesse

These are some of the magical quotes by renowned Germans and capture the true essence of German literature. What do you think?