--- title: "1 Know Far Quotes By Heinrich Böll" description: "1 Know Far quotes by Heinrich Böll. Plus more from Heinrich Böll and more Know Far sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/heinrich-b-ll-13574_know_one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know_2045607.png" --- > [One ought to go too far, in order to know how far one can go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know-how-far-one-can-go/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/heinrich-b-ll-13574_know_one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know_2045607.png) ## More by Heinrich Böll > [Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it or you don't. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/humor-is-really-one-of-the-hardest-things-to-define-very-hard-and-it/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [I don't trust Catholics," I said, "because they take advantage of you." "And Protestants?" he asked with a laugh. "I loathe the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/i-don-t-trust-catholics-i-said-because-they-take-advantage-of-you-and/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/humor-is-really-one-of-the-hardest-things-to-define-very-hard-and-it-2/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [Medals don't suit me. I'm not that kind of guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/medals-don-t-suit-me-i-m-not-that-kind-of-guy/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [“Feelings can kill such good hard things as love and hate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/feelings-can-kill-such-good-hard-things-as-love-and-hate/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [I was born December 21, 1917, in Cologne, on the Rhine, the son of the sculptor and cabinet-maker, Viktor Boell, and his wife, Maria, nee Hermanns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/i-was-born-december-21-1917-in-cologne-on-the-rhine-the-son-of-the/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/politicians-ideologists-theologians-and-philosophers-try-time-and/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [Between 1950 and 1951, I worked as a temporary employee in the Cologne Bureau of Statistics. From summer 1951 on, I have lived as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/between-1950-and-1951-i-worked-as-a-temporary-employee-in-the-cologne/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [I am a clown...and I collect moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/i-am-a-clown-and-i-collect-moments/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/behind-every-word-a-whole-world-is-hidden-that-must-be-imagined/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [My most interesting correspondence is with my translators. I marvel at their sensitivity over certain passages that just anyone, even if he knows German…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/my-most-interesting-correspondence-is-with-my-translators-i-marvel-at/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/it-s-true-and-it-s-easily-said-that-language-is-material-and/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [On a visit to Cologne in March 1945, after a heavy bombing, I met hundreds and hundreds of deserters who were squatting in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/on-a-visit-to-cologne-in-march-1945-after-a-heavy-bombing-i-met/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [Because the completion of labour service was a precondition for permission to study at the university, I was able to begin my studies of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/because-the-completion-of-labour-service-was-a-precondition-for/) [Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) > [If you want to do something... get up and actually do it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/if-you-want-to-do-something-get-up-and-actually-do-it/) [Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-far/heinrich-b-ll/#itemlist", "name": "1 Know Far Quotes By Heinrich Böll", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One ought to go too far, in order to know how far one can go.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Heinrich Böll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know-how-far-one-can-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/heinrich-b-ll-13574_know_one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know_2045607.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/heinrich-b-ll-13574_know_one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know_2045607.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/heinrich-b-ll-13574_know_one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know_2045607.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One ought to go too far, in order to know how far one can go.” — Heinrich Böll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-far/heinrich-b-ll/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-far/heinrich-b-ll/", "name": "Know Far Quotes by Heinrich Böll", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-far/heinrich-b-ll/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/heinrich-b-ll-13574_know_one-ought-to-go-too-far-in-order-to-know_2045607.png" }, "description": "1 Know Far quotes by Heinrich Böll. 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