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Albert Einstein Foto

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
Jeder Dummkopf kann es wissen. Der Punkt ist zu verstehen.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Franz Kafka Foto

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
Die Jugend ist glücklich, weil sie die Fähigkeit hat, Schönheit zu sehen. Jeder, der die Fähigkeit behält, Schönheit zu sehen, wird niemals alt.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author

“You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing.”
Wirklichen Erfolg werden Sie nur erzielen, wenn Sie das mögen, was Sie tun.

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
C.G. Jung Foto

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
Die Kenntnis der eigenen Dunkelheit ist die beste Methode, um mit den Dunkelheiten anderer Menschen umzugehen.

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

Variante: Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Franz Kafka Foto

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
Verbiege es nicht; verwässere es nicht; versuche nicht, es logisch zu machen; ändere deine Seele nicht nach einer Mode. Folge vielmehr gnadenlos deinen stärksten Obsessionen.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”
Mach deine eigene Bibel. Wählen und sammeln Sie alle Wörter und Sätze, die in all Ihren Lesungen für Sie wie ein Trompetenstoß waren.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Ovid Foto

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”
Tropfendes Wasser höhlt Steine aus, nicht durch Gewalt, sondern durch Ausdauer.

Ovid (-43–17 BC) Roman poet
Mark Twain Foto

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”
Die Menschheit hat nur eine wirklich wirksame Waffe, und das ist Lachen.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Robert Fulghum Foto

“We can do no great things; only small things with great love.(mother Teresa)”

Robert Fulghum buch All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Quelle: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Terry Pratchett Foto

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, he said. Have you thought of going into teaching?”
"Es scheint, als ob Sie keine nützlichen Fähigkeiten oder Talente haben", sagte er. "Haben Sie darüber nachgedacht, ins Lehramt zu wechseln?"

Terry Pratchett buch Mort

Quelle: Mort

Gustave Flaubert Foto

“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
Menschliche Sprache ist wie ein zerbrochener Kessel, auf dem wir rohe Rhythmen tippen, zu denen Bären tanzen können, während wir uns danach sehnen, Musik zu machen, die die Sterne zum Schmelzen bringt.

Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary

Quelle: Madame Bovary

Oscar Wilde Foto

“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.”
Ich hoffe, Sie haben kein Doppelleben geführt, so getan, als wären Sie böse und die ganze Zeit wirklich gut. Das wäre Heuchelei.

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Cecily, Act II
Quelle: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

Albert Einstein Foto

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
Wenn Sie es einem Sechsjährigen nicht erklären können, verstehen Sie es nicht selbst.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Variante: If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.

John Ruskin Foto

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
Sonnenschein ist köstlich, Regen erfrischend, Wind stärkt uns, Schnee ist erheiternd; es gibt nicht wirklich schlechtes Wetter, sondern nur verschiedene Arten guten Wetters.

John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
Galileo Galilei Foto

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer

As quoted in Angels in the workplace: stories and inspirations for creating a new world of work (1999) by Melissa Giovagnoli
Attributed

Oscar Wilde Foto

“I am not young enough to know everything.”
Ich bin nicht jung genug, um alles zu wissen.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Variante: I am not young enough to know everything.

Frederick Douglass Foto

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman

Variante: Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut!”
Versuche immer wenn du nüchtern bist, das zu sagen was du gesagt hast, als du betrunken warst. Das wird dich lehren, deinen Mund zu halten.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

From a set of "rules for life" sent to publisher Charles Scribner IV; quoted in Scribner's memoir In the Company of Writers (New York: Scribner, 1991), p. 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=yYdHGtlgIsYC&pg=PA64&dq=hemingway+%22rules+for+life%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-zvyfgNDMAhUJ_mMKHU6zDrYQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=%20%22rules%20for%20life%22&f=false

Abraham Lincoln Foto

“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”
Ich wäre lieber ein kleiner Niemand, als ein böser Jemand zu sein.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Marilyn Monroe Foto

“The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”
Das Schönste für mich ist Schlaf, dann kann ich wenigstens träumen.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Maya Angelou Foto

“Let nothing dim the light that shines from within”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Variante: Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“Art is the proper task of life.”
Kunst ist die eigentliche Aufgabe des Lebens.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Mark Twain Foto

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
Ich hatte mein ganzes Leben viele Probleme und Sorgen. Die meisten von ihnen sind aber niemals eingetreten.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Variante: I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

Joyce Meyer Foto

“One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.”
Ein Fehler darf nicht das ganze Leben eines Menschen bestimmen.

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Quelle: Any Minute

John Lennon Foto

“How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?”
Wie kann ich weitermachen, wenn ich nicht weiß, in welche Richtung ich gehe?

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

Lyrics, Imagine (1971 album)
Variante: How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
"How?" (song)

Abraham Lincoln Foto

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
Das Beste an der Zukunft ist, dass sie einen Tag nach dem anderen kommt.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Timothy Leary Foto

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
Frauen, die den Männern ebenbürtig sein wollen, haben wenig Ehrgeiz.

Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist

As quoted in Third and Possibly the Best 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1987) by Robert Byrne, #40

Heinrich Heine zitat: “When words leave off, music begins.”
Heinrich Heine Foto

“When words leave off, music begins.”
Wenn die Worte aufhören, beginnt die Musik.

Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic

As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1977) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 343

Jim Morrison Foto

“Where's your will to be weird?”
Wo bleibt dein Wille, verrückt zu sein?

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors
Stephen R. Covey Foto

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”
Kraft liegt in Verschiedenartigkeiten, nicht in Ähnlichkeiten.

Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
Jane Austen Foto

“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
Mary wollte etwas sehr Empfindsames sagen, wusste aber nicht wie.

Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

Aristotle Foto

“Happiness depends upon ourselves”
Glücklich zu sein hängt von uns selbst ab.

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

An interpretative gloss of Aristotle's position in Nicomachean Ethics book 1 section 9, tacitly inserted by J. A. K. Thomson in his English translation The Ethics of Aristotle (1955). The original Greek at Book I 1099b.29 http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=0&query=Arist.%20Eth.%20Nic.%201099b.25, reads ὁμολογούμενα δὲ ταῦτ’ ἂν εἴη καὶ τοῖς ἐν ἀρχῇ, which W. D. Ross translates fairly literally as [a]nd this will be found to agree with what we said at the outset. Thomson's much freer translation renders the same passage thus: [t]he conclusion that happiness depends upon ourselves is in harmony with what I said in the first of these lectures; the words "that happiness depends upon ourselves" were added by Thomson to clarify what "the conclusion" is, but they do not appear in the original Greek of Aristotle. Rackham's earlier English translation added a similar gloss, but averted confusion by confining it to a footnote.
Disputed
Variante: Happiness depends upon ourselves
Quelle: See http://www.mikrosapoplous.gr/aristotle/nicom1b.htm#I9 for the original Greek and Ross's translation; Thomson's translation can be viewed on Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=9SFrNWmO654C&dq=%22happiness+depends+upon+ourselves%22+aristotle&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22happiness+depends+upon+ourselves%22+.
Quelle: Rackham's translation of this passage is available here http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D9%3Asection%3D8

Henry David Thoreau Foto

“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
Lesen Sie zuerst die besten Bücher, sonst haben Sie möglicherweise keine Chance, sie überhaupt zu lesen.

Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Quelle: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Leonardo Da Vinci Foto

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
Kunst ist nie fertig, nur verlassen.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

Variante: Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Oscar Wilde Foto

“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”
Wenn ich gelegentlich etwas overdressed bin, mache ich es wieder gut, indem ich immer ungemein übermäßig gebildet bin.

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variante: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated
Quelle: The Importance of Being Earnest
Kontext: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.

Terry Pratchett Foto

“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”
Seien Sie immer vorsichtig bei hilfreichen Gegenständen, die weniger wiegen als die Bedienungsanleitung.

Terry Pratchett buch Jingo

Quelle: Jingo

Terry Pratchett Foto

“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
Denk darüber nicht als Sterben, sagte der Tod. Denk einfach daran, dass du früher gehst, um dem Ansturm auszuweichen.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Quelle: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Mark Twain Foto

“I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.”
Ich muss eine beträchtliche Menge Verstand haben; manchmal brauche ich eine Woche, um ihn zu ordnen.

Mark Twain buch Die Arglosen im Ausland

Quelle: The Innocents Abroad (1869), Ch. 7

George Bernard Shaw Foto

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Der Vernünftige passt sich der Welt an: Der Unvernünftige versucht immer wieder, die Welt an sich anzupassen. Deshalb hängt jeder Fortschritt vom unvernünftigen Menschen ab.

George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman

#124
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
Quelle: Man and Superman

Alfred North Whitehead Foto

“The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.”

Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English mathematician and philosopher

1920s, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)

Mark Twain Foto

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
Gott schuf den Krieg, damit die Amerikaner Geografie lernen.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Walter Benjamin Foto

“To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.”

Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)
Oscar Wilde zitat: “I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
Oscar Wilde Foto

“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
Ich lese zu gern Bücher, um sie schreiben zu können.

Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Mark Twain Foto

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
Iss morgens als Erstes einen lebenden Frosch und den Rest des Tages passiert dir nichts Schlimmeres.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
William Faulkner Foto

“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”
Wenn ich die Wahl habe zwischen dem Nichts und dem Schmerz, dann wähle ich den Schmerz.

William Faulkner buch If I Forget Thee

Quelle: The Wild Palms

Oscar Wilde Foto

“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Wenn man verliebt ist, beginnt man immer damit, sich selbst zu täuschen, und endet immer damit, andere zu täuschen. So nennt die Welt Romantik.

Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Jonathan Safran Foer Foto

“The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.”

Jonathan Safran Foer buch Extrem laut und unglaublich nah

Quelle: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 309

Marcus Aurelius Foto

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love…”
Wenn du morgens aufstehst, denke daran, was für ein Privileg es ist, am Leben zu sein, zu denken, zu genießen, zu lieben...

Marcus Aurelius buch Selbstbetrachtungen

Variante: When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive-to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Quelle: Meditations

Terry Pratchett Foto

“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
Das Böse beginnt, wenn Sie anfangen, Menschen als Dinge zu behandeln.

Terry Pratchett buch Das Mitternachtskleid

Variante: And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.
Quelle: I Shall Wear Midnight

Colette Foto
George Gordon Byron Foto

“Friendship is Love without wings.”
Freundschaft ist Liebe ohne Flügel.

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

L'Amitié est l'Amour sans Ailes, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Jonathan Safran Foer Foto

“There's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself.”

Jonathan Safran Foer buch Extrem laut und unglaublich nah

Quelle: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Oscar Wilde Foto

“I don’t say we all ought to misbehave. But we ought to look as if we could”
Ich sage nicht, dass wir uns alle schlecht benehmen sollten, aber wir sollten so aussehen, als ob wir könnten.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Emily Brontë Foto

“I hate him for himself, but despise him for the memories he revives.”

Emily Brontë buch Sturmhöhe

Quelle: Wuthering Heights

Mark Twain Foto

“Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more.”
Bestätigen Sie einen Fehler immer offen. Dies wird die Verantwortlichen überraschen und Ihnen die Möglichkeit geben, mehr zu tun.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

More Maxims of Mark (1927) edited by Merle Johnson

Terry Pratchett Foto

“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
Ich werde mich mehr dafür begeistern, über den Tellerrand hinaus zu denken, wenn Beweise dafür vorliegen, dass in ihm etwas vor sich geht.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Henry David Thoreau Foto

“And the cost of a thing it will be remembered as the amount of life it requires to be exchanged for it.”
Und der Preis einer Sache wird als die Menge an Leben erinnert werden, die erforderlich ist, dagegen ausgetauscht zu werden.

Henry David Thoreau buch Walden

After December 6, 1845
Journals (1838-1859)
Quelle: Walden

Christopher Morley Foto

“There is only one success … to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
Es gibt nur einen Erfolg ... fähig zu sein, das Leben auf seine eigene Art und Weise verbringen zu können.

Christopher Morley Where the Blue Begins

Where the Blue Begins (1922)

Mark Twain Foto

“My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Quelle: Notebook

George Gordon Byron Foto

“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”
Diejenigen, die nicht argumentieren werden, sind Bigots, die nicht argumentieren können, sind Dummköpfe, und die, die es nicht wagen, sind Sklaven.

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Terry Pratchett Foto

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Quelle: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Eckhart Tolle Foto

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.”
Erkenne tief, dass der gegenwärtige Moment alles ist, was du hast. Mache das JETZT zum Hauptfokus deines Lebens.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Variante: Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life
Quelle: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

John Muir Foto

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
Wenn man an einem einzigen Ding in der Natur zieht, findet er es mit dem Rest der Welt verbunden.

John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author

These are paraphrases of Muir's quote from My First Summer in the Sierra (1911) - the actual quote is listed above: "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." See Sierra Club explanation http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/misquotes.aspx.
Misattributed
Variante: Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe.
Variante: When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.

Arthur Conan Doyle Foto

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
Es ist ein kapitaler Fehler, eine Theorie aufzustellen, bevor man entsprechende Anhaltspunkte hat. Unbewußt beginnt man Fakten zu verdrehen, damit sie zu den Theorien passen, statt daß die Theorien zu den Fakten passen.

Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes

Quelle: Sherlock Holmes

John Lennon Foto

“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away”
Frieden ist nichts, was du dir wünschst; Es ist etwas, das du machst, etwas, das du tust, etwas, das du bist und etwas, das du verschenkst.

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Terry Pratchett Foto

“If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
Wenn du genug Platz für Bücher hast, möchte ich nicht mit dir sprechen.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“All thinking men are atheists.”
Alle denkenden Männer sind Atheisten.

Ernest Hemingway buch A Farewell to Arms

Quelle: A Farewell to Arms (1929), Ch. 2

André Breton Foto

“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”

André Breton (1896–1966) French writer

Quelle: What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings

Milan Kundera Foto

“You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.”
Man kann die gegenseitige Zuneigung zweier Menschen nicht an der Anzahl der Wörter messen, die sie austauschen.

Milan Kundera buch Identity

Identity (1998), p. 78

Charles Bukowski Foto

“Of course it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.”
Es ist möglich, einen Menschen zu lieben - wenn Du ihn nicht so gut kennst.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Albert Einstein Foto

“It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
Es ist nicht so, dass ich so schlau bin. Aber ich bleibe viel länger bei den Fragen.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Variante: It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Zig Ziglar Foto

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
Motivation ist natürlich nicht dauerhaft. Aber dann badet auch keiner; Aber das sollten Sie regelmäßig tun.

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

Quelle: Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

Benjamin Disraeli Foto

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.”
Es gibt drei Arten von Lügen: Lügen, verdammte Lügen und Statistiken.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

Attributed to Disraeli by Mark Twain in "Chapters from My Autobiography — XX", North American Review No. DCXVIII (JULY 5, 1907) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19987. His attribution is considered unreliable, and the actual origin is uncertain, with one of the earliest known publications of such a phrase being that of Leonard H. Courtney: see Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Misattributed

Gabriel García Márquez Foto

“He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.”
Er war noch zu jung, um zu wissen, dass das Gedächtnis des Herzens das Böse beseitigt und das Gute vergrößert und dass wir dank dieses Kunstgriffs die Last der Vergangenheit ertragen können.

Gabriel García Márquez buch Die Liebe in den Zeiten der Cholera

Variante: .. the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and [that] thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past
Quelle: Love in the Time of Cholera

Oscar Wilde Foto

“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.”
Die Menschheit nimmt sich selbst zu ernst. Das ist die Erbsünde der Welt. Hätte der Höhlenmensch zu lachen verstanden, wäre die Weltgeschichte anders verlaufen.

Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Martin Luther King, Jr. Foto

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
Der Glaube macht den ersten Schritt, auch wenn Sie die ganze Treppe nicht sehen.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Variante: Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Quelle: Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices on Resistance, Reform, and Renewal an African American Anthology

Bruce Lee Foto

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
John Steinbeck Foto

“All great and precious things are lonely.”
Alle großen und kostbaren Dinge sind einsam.

John Steinbeck buch East of Eden

Quelle: East of Eden

Angelina Jolie Foto
Louisa May Alcott Foto

“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
Ich habe den Schlüssel zu meinem Schloss in der Luft, aber ob ich die Tür aufschließen kann, bleibt abzuwarten.

Louisa May Alcott buch Little Women

Quelle: Little Women

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.”
Ein Gedanke, sogar eine Möglichkeit, kann uns erschüttern und verwandeln.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
George Sand Foto

“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”
Lasst uns die Wahrheit akzeptieren, auch wenn sie uns überrascht und unsere Ansichten verändert.

George Sand (1804–1876) French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin

Quelle: Letters Of George Sand

Sören Kierkegaard Foto

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten, sich täuschen zu lassen. Man soll glauben, was nicht wahr ist; Das andere ist, sich zu weigern zu glauben, was wahr ist.

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Charles Bukowski Foto

“The fuckers. There, I feel better. God-damned human race. There, I feel better.”
Die Ficker. Dort fühle ich mich besser. Gottverdammte menschliche Rasse. Dort fühle ich mich besser.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Quelle: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

Jack Kerouac Foto

“Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.”
Bald werde ich die richtigen Worte finden, sie werden sehr einfach sein.

Jack Kerouac buch The Dharma Bums

Some of the Dharma (1997)
Quelle: Sometimes paraphrased as "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple" or "Someday I will find the right words … ", and sometimes misattributed to The Dharma Bums rather than to Some of the Dharma.

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto
Robert Fulghum Foto

“It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.”

Robert Fulghum buch All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Quelle: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Bertrand Russell Foto

“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
Drei Leidenschaften, einfach, aber überwältigend stark, haben mein Leben bestimmt: die Sehnsucht nach Liebe, die Suche nach Wissen und unerträgliches Mitleid mit dem Leiden der Menschheit.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

1960s, The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967-1969)
Kontext: Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Foto

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
Man hat eine moralische Verantwortung, ungerechte Gesetze zu missachten.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

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