Michael Ende's most beautiful quotes (from Momo and The Neverending Story)
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: Time saved is time doubled! · On a steamer heading the wrong way, you cannot walk very far in the right direction. · There is a great and yet quite everyday secret. Everyone shares in it, everyone knows it.. (Updated Apr 6, 2026.)
"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.
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 11
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Time saved is time doubled!
Momo (1973), Schild in Herrn Fusis Laden.
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On a steamer heading the wrong way, you cannot walk very far in the right direction.
Michael Ende's Zettelkasten: Sketches and Notes (1994).
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There is a great and yet quite everyday secret. Everyone shares in it, everyone knows it.
Momo (1973), 6. chapter.
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But that is another story and shall be told another time.
The Neverending Story (1979).
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You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step.
Momo (1973), 4. chapter.
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There are riches that destroy you if you cannot share them with others.
Momo (1973).
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For time is life, and life dwells in the heart.
Momo (1973), 6. chapter.
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Do what you wish.
The Neverending Story (1979), inscription on AURYN.
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For beauty, and beauty alone, ennobles and heals human beings.
Michael Ende's Zettelkasten: Sketches and Notes (1994).
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The whole world is one big story, and we are playing a part in it.
Momo (1973).
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You can be convinced you want something, as long as you know the wish cannot come true.
Momo (1973).
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