Quotes from Christian Morgenstern

A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet.

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood.

You are not at home where your residence are but where you are understood.

Woe to humanity, should only a single animal have a seat in the Last Judgement.

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

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

If I did not love what is present, if I could not cling to this enormous, safe parachute, I would long since have fallen into the abyss.

There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels.

There is a ghost That eats handkerchiefs It keeps you company On all your travels.

The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

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

Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.

To me, the term 'middle-class' connotes a safe, comfortable, middle-of-the road policy. Above all, our language is 'middle-class' in the middle of our road. To drive it to one side or the other or even off the road, is the noblest task of the future.

If modern civilised man had to keep the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.

Schön eigentlich alles, was man mit Liebe betrachtet. (Sebenarnya segalanya itu indah, selama manusia melihatnya dengan cinta).

A veces se ve algo cien, mil veces, antes de verlo de verdad por primera vez.

Home is not where you live, but where they understand you...

Die Trichter Zwei Trichter wandeln durch die Nacht. Durch ihres Rumpfs verengten Schacht fließt weißes Mondlicht still und heiter auf ihren Waldweg u.s. w.

Nicht da ist man daheim, wo man seinen Wohnsitz hat, sondern wo man verstanden wird.

That which must not, can not be.