44 Quotes by Jan-Philipp Sendker

Not all truths are explicable. Not all explicable things are true.

I speak of a love that brings sight to the blind. Of a love stronger than fear. I speak of a love that breathes meaning into life, that defies the natural laws of deterioration, that causes us to flourish, that knows no bounds. I speak of the triumph of the human spirit over selfishness and death.

To forgive, one must love and be loved. Only those who forgive can be free. Whoever forgives is a prisoner no more.

Only once had she asked the question: Why? And she had known that there would never be an answer. Her feet were a whim of nature. It would have been silly to look for causes or to rebel. She would not bicker with fate. Still, it hurt.

Fear blinds and deafens. Rage blinds and deafens. So, too, envy and suspicion. There was only one force stronger than fear.

Every step we take leaves a trace.

Sometimes we must search afar to find what’s close at hand.

The true essence of things is invisible to the eyes.

Death is not the end of life, but a stage thereof.