Theodor Haecker Quotes

• All beauty of this world is wet with the dew of tears.

  Theodor Haecker

  Acceptance, Tears, Dew

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• When men no longer have the least fear of saying something untrue, they very soon have no fear whatsoever of doing something unjust.

  Theodor Haecker

  Men, Unjust, No Fear

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• The one sure means of dealing with boredom is to care for someone else, to do something kind and good.

  Theodor Haecker

  Mean, Boredom, Care

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• The essence of modern dictatorship is the combination of one-dimensional, flat thinking with power and terror.

  Theodor Haecker

  Thinking, Essence, Dictator

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• Joy untouched by thankfulness is always suspect.

  Theodor Haecker

  Joy, Thankfulness, Suspects

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• 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.

  Theodor Haecker

  Writing, Men, Giving

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• A curse on every wish that blurs the sight, paralyzes the tongue, cramps the hand, and prevents the truth being seen, said, and written.

  Theodor Haecker

  Sight, Hands, Wish

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