Karl Quotes

“Now, we must help each other to get to Heaven.”

Spoken to Empress Zita on October 22, 1911, the day after their wedding

“I am an officer with all my body and soul, but I do not see how anyone who sees his dearest relations leaving for the front can love war.”

Spoken to Empress Zita after the outbreak of World War I

“I must suffer so much, so my people will come together again.”

Spoken in Madeira during his last illness

“I have done my duty, as I came here to do. As crowned King, I not only have a right, I also have a duty. I must uphold the right, the dignity and honor of the Crown.... For me, this is not something light. With the last breath of my life I must take the path of duty. Whatever I regret, Our Lord and Savior has led me.”

Addressing János Cardinal Csernoch after his attempt to regain the Hungarian throne in 1921

“Thy holy will be done. Jesus, Jesus, come! Yes—yes. My Jesus, thy will be done—Jesus.”

His last words while contemplating a crucifix held by Empress Zita