# Michael Ende's most beautiful quotes (from Momo and The Neverending Story)

"For time is life, and life dwells in the heart", Beppo the street sweeper's one step at a time and "But that is another story": the most quoted lines of Michael Ende, from Momo, The Neverending Story and his notebooks, each with its source.

- 16 votes · 11 items
- Apr 6, 2026 · Matthias Müller
- https://even.best/en/l/5164/michael-ende-s-most-beautiful-quotes-from-momo-and-the-neverending-story

## Top 11

1. **Time saved is time doubled!** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Momo (1973), Schild in Herrn Fusis Laden.
2. **On a steamer heading the wrong way, you cannot walk very far in the right direction.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Michael Ende's Zettelkasten: Sketches and Notes (1994).
3. **There is a great and yet quite everyday secret. Everyone shares in it, everyone knows it.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Momo (1973), 6. chapter.
4. **But that is another story and shall be told another time.** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — The Neverending Story (1979).
5. **You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Momo (1973), 4. chapter.
6. **There are riches that destroy you if you cannot share them with others.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Momo (1973).
7. **For time is life, and life dwells in the heart.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Momo (1973), 6. chapter.
8. **Do what you wish.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Neverending Story (1979), inscription on AURYN.
9. **For beauty, and beauty alone, ennobles and heals human beings.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michael Ende's Zettelkasten: Sketches and Notes (1994).
10. **The whole world is one big story, and we are playing a part in it.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Momo (1973).
11. **You can be convinced you want something, as long as you know the wish cannot come true.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Momo (1973).

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