Christian Morgenstern Quotes

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

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

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

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

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.

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.

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