Heinrich Heine

"We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged"

"Art of the States: The Resounding Lyre - musical setting of Heine's poem "Halleluja"

"Ordinarily he is insane, but he has lucid moments when he is only stupid."

"The whole system of symbolism impressed on the art and the life of the Middle Ages must awaken the admiration of poets in all times. In reality, what colossal unity there is in Christian art, especial…"

"Christianity - and that is its greatest merit - has somewhat mitigated that brutal Germanic love of war, but it could not destroy it. Should that subduing talisman, the cross, be shattered, the frenzi…"

"If one has no heart, one cannot write for the masses."

"The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle."

"The future smells of Russian leather, of blood, of godlessness and of much whipping. I advise our grandchildren to come into the world with very thick skin on their backs."