Parzival Quotes

“Let mercy keep company with courage. Follow my advice in this: if in battle you win a man’s surrender, then unless he has done you such grievance as amounts to heart’s sorrow, accept his oath, and let him live.”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“If doubt is near neighbor to the heart, that may turn sour on the soul. There is both scorning and adorning when a man’s undaunted mind turns pied like the magpie’s hue. Yet he may still enjoy bliss, for both have a share in him, Heaven and Hell. Inconstancy’s companion holds entirely to the black colour and will, indeed, take on darkness’s hue, while he who is constant in his thoughts will hold to the white.”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“Then the King of Arragon pushed old Utepandragun over his horse’s tail down on to the meadow – the King of Britain! – where he lay in a bed of flowers!”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“Sir, if you are otherwise discreet, you will consider that you have gone far enough. At my brother's request I am treating you no less kindly than Ampflise treated my uncle Gahmuret, without going to bed together. My kindness would in the long run outweigh hers, if anyone were to weigh us properly. And besides, Sir, I don't know who you are, and yet in such a short space of time you want to have my love.”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“When indecision’s in the heart
The soul is bound to grieve and smart.”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“Will ich Vertrauen finden, da, wo es zu verschwinden weiß wie Feuer in den Brunnenquellen und der Tau an der Sonne?”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“His ways were a refuge from falsity.”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival

“Entonces Parsifal le contestó:
«Si la caballería, con escudo y lanza,
puede conseguir la recompensa en la tierra
y el paraíso para el alma, seré siempre caballero.»
En verdad tu nombre es Parsifal
que significa: corta por la mitad.”
― Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival