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title: "1 Existence Human Quotes By Christa Wolf"
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> [It is this ability to bear what is unbearable and to go on living, to go on doing what one is used to doing—it is this uncanny ability that the existence of the human race is based on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/it-is-this-ability-to-bear-what-is-unbearable-and-to-go-on-living-to/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/christa-wolf-15775_ability_it-is-this-ability-to-bear-what-is-unbea_497307.jpg)

## More by Christa Wolf

> [A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/a-possession-considered-of-little-value-up-to-now-suddenly-becomes/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [I forget very fast and want to record thus simply impress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/i-forget-very-fast-and-want-to-record-thus-simply-impress/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [The past is not dead - it isn't even past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/the-past-is-not-dead-it-isn-t-even-past/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [“I often wonder if the bill is yet to be presented during our lifetime. If not, I must present it to myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/i-often-wonder-if-the-bill-is-yet-to-be-presented-during-our-lifetime/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/to-prevent-wars-people-must-criticize-in-their-own-country-the-abuses/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [It is this ability to bear what is unbearable and to go on living, to go on doing what one is used to doing—it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/it-is-this-ability-to-bear-what-is-unbearable-and-to-go-on-living-to/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [“The real question is: How sturdy and solid is the floor our civilization stands on? How many lives with no prospects, shattered and senseless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/the-real-question-is-how-sturdy-and-solid-is-the-floor-our/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [Autonomous people, nations, and systems can promote each other's welfare; they do not have to fight each other like those whose inner insecurity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/autonomous-people-nations-and-systems-can-promote-each-other-s/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [“Wir können, was wir sehen, noch nicht glauben. Was wir schon glauben, nicht aussprechen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/wir-k-nnen-was-wir-sehen-noch-nicht-glauben-was-wir-schon-glauben/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/i-claim-that-every-woman-in-this-century-and-in-our-culture-sphere/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [Between killing and dying there's a third way: live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/between-killing-and-dying-there-s-a-third-way-live/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [“Every system of power in the world has a vested interest in weakening the individuality of its subjects and tries to weaken or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/every-system-of-power-in-the-world-has-a-vested-interest-in-weakening/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [Night thoughts have a different color than day thoughts, a different slant, more than anything else they know all the secret paths and chinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/night-thoughts-have-a-different-color-than-day-thoughts-a-different/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [The most beautiful thing under the sun is being under the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/the-most-beautiful-thing-under-the-sun-is-being-under-the-sun/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

> [When we stop hoping, that which we fear will certainly come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christa-wolf/when-we-stop-hoping-that-which-we-fear-will-certainly-come/)

[Christa Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christa-wolf/)

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