Theodor Haecker
All beauty of this world is wet with the dew of tears.Collection: Acceptance
When men no longer have the least fear of saying something untrue, they very soon have no fear whatsoever of doing something unjust.Collection: Men
The one sure means of dealing with boredom is to care for someone else, to do something kind and good.Collection: Mean
Joy untouched by thankfulness is always suspect.Collection: Joy
The essence of modern dictatorship is the combination of one-dimensional, flat thinking with power and terror.Collection: Thinking
One of the most arrogant undertakings, to my mind, is to write the biography of a man which pretends to go beyond external facts and gives the inmost motives. One of the most mendacious is autobiography.Collection: Writing
A curse on every wish that blurs the sight, paralyzes the tongue, cramps the hand, and prevents the truth being seen, said, and written.Collection: Sight