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Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
Es gibt zwei verschiedene Arten von Menschen auf der Welt, diejenigen, die es wissen wollen und diejenigen, die es glauben wollen.

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

“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
Lass mich dir etwas sagen, mein Freund. Hoffnung ist eine gefährliche Sache. Hoffnung kann einen Mann verrückt machen.

Stephen King buch Different Seasons

Quelle: Different Seasons

Mark Twain Foto

“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
Von all den Dingen, die ich verloren habe, vermisse ich meinen Verstand am meisten.

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

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
Ich habe keine Angst vor dem Tod. Ich war Milliarden und Abermilliarden Jahre vor meiner Geburt tot gewesen und hatte nicht die geringste Unannehmlichkeit davon erlitten.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“To be interesting, be interested.”
Um interessant zu sein, muss man interessiert sein.

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Leo Tolstoy Foto
Henry David Thoreau Foto

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
Als ob man die Zeit totschlagen könnte, ohne die Ewigkeit zu verletzen.

Henry David Thoreau buch Walden

Quelle: Walden

William James Foto
Stephen King Foto

“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”

Stephen King buch Different Seasons

Quelle: Different Seasons

Martin Luther King, Jr. Foto

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
Diejenigen, die kein Glück suchen, werden sie mit größerer Wahrscheinlichkeit finden, denn diejenigen, die es suchen, vergessen, dass der sicherste Weg, glücklich zu sein, darin besteht, das Glück für andere zu suchen.

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

“It is impossible to love and be wise.”
Es ist unmöglich zu lieben und weise zu sein.

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
Colette Foto

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
Du wirst törichte Dinge tun, aber tue sie mit Begeisterung.

Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi

New York World-Telegram and Sun (1961)

Ambrose Bierce Foto

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
Sprechen Sie, wenn Sie wütend sind und die beste Rede halten, die Sie jemals bereuen werden.

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Bruce Lee Foto

“As you think, so shall you become.”

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

“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
Zauber treffen den Anblick, aber Verdienst gewinnt die Seele.

Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock

Canto V, line 33.
Variante: Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Quelle: The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)

William Shakespeare Foto

“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
Streit nicht mit ihr: Sie ist verrückt.

William Shakespeare Richard III

Quelle: Richard III

William Blake Foto

“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.”
Diejenigen, die das Verlangen zurückhalten, tun dies, weil ihr Verlangen schwach genug ist, um zurückgehalten zu werden. Und der Zurückhalter oder die Vernunft usurpiert seinen Platz und regiert den Unwillen.

William Blake buch The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The Voice of the Devil
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)

Mark Twain zitat: “I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
Mark Twain Foto

“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
Es gibt kein sichereres Mittel, festzustellen, ob man einen Menschen mag oder hasst, als mit ihm auf Reisen zu gehen.

Mark Twain buch Tom Sawyer Abroad

Quelle: Tom Sawyer Abroad

Joseph Campbell Foto

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
Finde in deinem Inneren einen Ort, wo Freude ist, und die Freude wird das Leid ausbrennen.

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer

Variante: Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Rainer Maria Rilke Foto

“The only journey is the one within.”
Die einzige Reise ist die innerhalb.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer
Mark Twain Foto

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
Freundlichkeit ist eine Sprache, die Taube hören und Blinde lesen können.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Unsourced in The Philosophy of Mark Twain: The Wit and Wisdom of a Literary Genius (2014) by David Graham
Disputed

Christopher Morley Foto
Edmund Burke Foto

“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
Die Frau soll nicht die Bewunderung aller sein, sondern das Glück eines Menschen.

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
Abraham Lincoln Foto

“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
Es gibt keine schlechten Bilder; So sieht dein Gesicht manchmal aus.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Karl Marx Foto

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament.”
Die Unterdrückten dürfen alle paar Jahre entscheiden, welche Vertreter der unterdrückenden Klasse sie im Parlament vertreten und unterdrücken sollen.

Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist

Actually from State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin, paraphrasing Marx in The Civil War in France.
Misattributed

Terry Pratchett Foto

“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
Die Intelligenz des Wesens namens »Menschenmenge« ist nicht höher als die Quadratwurzel der Anzahl aller Personen.

Terry Pratchett buch Jingo

Quelle: Jingo

Jonathan Safran Foer Foto

“Everything is the way it is because everything was the way it was”

Jonathan Safran Foer buch Alles ist erleuchtet

Quelle: Everything Is Illuminated

Bruce Lee Foto

“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

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

Quelle: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 10; Here Lee paraphrases a much older English proverb: If you care for life, don't waste your time; for time is what life is made of. (as quoted in Bordighera and the Western Riviera (1883) by Frederick Fitzroy Hamilton, p. 189).
Kontext: Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Paulo Coelho Foto

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
Wenn jemand eingeht, ist es, weil jemand anderes ankommt.

Paulo Coelho buch The Zahir

Variante: When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.
Quelle: The Zahir

Ludwig Van Beethoven Foto

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”
Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer

Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.
http://books.google.com/books?id=W2k6AAAAcAAJ&q=%22Musik+h%C3%B6here+Offenbarung+ist+als+alle+Weisheit+und+Philosophie%22&pg=PA193#v=onepage
As reported by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe, 28 May 1810.
Goethe's Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde: Seinem Denkmal, Volume 2, Dümmler, 1835, p. 193.
Variante: Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Jane Austen Foto

“Till this moment I never knew myself.”
Bis dahin kannte ich mich kaum.

Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

René Descartes Foto

“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Variante: It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Quelle: Discourse on Method

Immanuel Kant Foto

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
Reich ist man nicht durch das, was man besitzt, sondern vielmehr durch das, was man mit Würde zu entbehren weiß.

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher

Variante: We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.

Rainer Maria Rilke zitat: “I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”
Rainer Maria Rilke Foto

“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”
Ich lebe mein Leben in immer größeren Kreisen, die sich über die ganze Welt erstrecken.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

Quelle: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

Charles Bukowski Foto

“And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.”
Und doch ängstigten mich Frauen -gute Frauen- weil sie letztendlich deine Seele wollten, und was von meiner übrig war, das wollte ich behalten.

Charles Bukowski buch Women

Quelle: Women

Henry David Thoreau Foto

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”
Ich ging in die Wälder, denn ich wollte wohlüberlegt leben.

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
William Blake Foto

“What is now proved was once only imagined.”
Was jetzt bewiesen ist, war einst nur vorstellbar.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Oscar Wilde Foto
Jean Paul Sartre Foto

“Words are loaded pistols.”
Worte sind geladene Pistolen.

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
William Shakespeare Foto

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
Herr, was für Narren sind diese Sterblichen!

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck, Act III, scene ii.
Variante: Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Quelle: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)

Marcus Tullius Cicero Foto

“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
Die Zeiten sind schlecht. Die Kinder gehorchen ihren Eltern nicht mehr und jeder schreibt ein Buch.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

As quoted in InfoWorld https://books.google.gr/books?id=qjgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=, Vol. 23, No. 16, 16 April 2001, p. 49. This had been attributed previously to many other sources from 1908 on, according to this analysis https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/ by Quote Investigator.
Misattributed

Oscar Wilde Foto

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”
Das Leben ist nicht gerecht, und für die meisten von uns ist das gut so.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Eleanor Roosevelt Foto

“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Sie würden sich nicht so viele Gedanken darüber machen, was andere von Ihnen halten, wenn Sie erkennen würden, wie selten sie dies tun.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Terry Pratchett Foto

“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”

Terry Pratchett buch Monstrous Regiment

Quelle: Monstrous Regiment

“Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.”
Das Heute ist unser kostbarstes Besitztum. Es ist unser einziges sicheres Besitztum.

Dale Carnegie buch How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Quelle: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Terry Pratchett Foto

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
Wenn Katzen wie Frösche aussehen würden, würden wir erkennen, was für böse, grausame kleine Bastarde sie sind. Stil. Daran erinnern sich die Leute.

Terry Pratchett buch Lords and Ladies

Quelle: Lords and Ladies

John Lennon Foto

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
Wenn jeder anstelle eines neuen Fernsehgeräts Frieden verlangen würde, dann würde es Frieden geben.

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

As quoted in Guitar Player (1 August 2004), and in "Pax Patter" at ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/civics/rights/pax.htm
Variante: When we say "War is over if you want it," we mean that if everyone demanded peace instead of another TV set, we'd have peace.

Albert Schweitzer Foto

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
Solange er den Kreis seines Mitgefühls nicht auf alle Lebewesen ausdehnt, wird der Mensch selbst keinen Frieden finden.

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

Variant translation: Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Variant translation: Until we extend the circle of compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace.
Kulturphilosophie (1923)

George Bernard Shaw Foto

“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!”
Warum sollten wir Ratschläge über Sex vom Papst annehmen? Er sollte nichts darüber wissen.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Charles Bukowski Foto

“A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.”
Eine solche Liebe war eine schwere Krankheit, von der man sich nie ganz erholt.

Charles Bukowski buch The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Quelle: The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Mark Twain Foto

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
Es ist besser Ehre zu verdienen und sie nicht zu haben, als sie zu haben aber nicht zu verdienen.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Stephen King Foto

“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”
Sie können das Lachen nicht leugnen; Wenn es darum geht, lässt es sich in Ihren Lieblingsstuhl fallen und bleibt so lange, wie es will.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Anthony Robbins Foto
Stephen King Foto

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
Bücher sind eine einzigartige tragbare Magie.

Stephen King buch On Writing

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Variante: Books are a uniquely portable magic

Albert Einstein Foto

“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
Alles muss so einfach wie möglich sein. Aber nicht einfacher.

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

Variante: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Arthur Schopenhauer Foto

“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
Die Person, die für Narren schreibt, ist sich immer eines großen Publikums sicher.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

Quelle: Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays

Jack Kerouac Foto
Marilyn Monroe Foto

“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”
Es ist oft genug, um mit jemandem zusammen zu sein. Ich muss sie nicht anfassen. Nicht einmal reden. Ein Gefühl geht zwischen euch beiden vorbei. Du bist nicht allein.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Albert Einstein zitat: “The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Albert Einstein Foto

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Wichtig ist, dass man nicht aufhört zu fragen.

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

Old Man's Advice to Youth: "Never Lose a Holy Curiosity," http://books.google.com/books?id=dlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=Life%2C%202%20May%201955&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=Life,%202%20May%201955&f=false LIFE magazine (2 May 1955) statement to William Miller, p. 64.
1950s
Kontext: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don't stop to marvel.

Jonathan Safran Foer Foto

“I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.”

Jonathan Safran Foer buch Alles ist erleuchtet

Quelle: Everything Is Illuminated

Albert Einstein Foto

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Große Geister sind immer auf heftigen Widerstand von mittelmäßigen Köpfen gestoßen.

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

Variante: Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Louisa May Alcott Foto
Stephen King Foto

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
Wenn alles andere fehlschlägt, kündigen Sie und gehen Sie in die Bibliothek.

Stephen King buch Der Anschlag

Quelle: 11/22/63

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”
Der Einsame bietet seine Hand zu schnell an, wem auch immer er begegnet.

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

Quelle: Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

Guy De Maupassant Foto

“In fact living is dying.”

Quelle: Bel-Ami

Romain Rolland Foto

“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
Wenn ein Mann das Licht der Sonne auf andere Menschen werfen soll, muss er es zuerst in sich haben.

Romain Rolland (1866–1944) French author
Leo Tolstoy Foto

“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
Es gibt keine Größe da, wo es keine Einfachheit, Güte und Wahrheit gibt.

Leo Tolstoy buch Krieg und Frieden

Quelle: War and Peace

William Shakespeare Foto

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.”
Erwartung ist die Wurzel allen Kummers.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Terry Pratchett Foto

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
Es lohnt sich nicht, etwas zu tun, es sei denn, irgendjemanden irgendwo wäre es sehr viel lieber wenn du es nicht tun würdest.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
C.G. Jung Foto

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
Das Schrecklichste ist es, sich selbst vollständig zu akzeptieren.

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

“What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
Wie traurig waren diese Jahre, um den Wunsch und das Bedürfnis zu leben, aber nicht die Fähigkeit zu haben.

Charles Bukowski buch Ham on Rye

Quelle: Ham on Rye

Oscar Wilde Foto

“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.”
Das einzig Ernsthafte auf der Welt ist die Kunst. Und der Künstler ist der einzige Mensch, der nie ernsthaft ist.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Agatha Christie Foto

“One is alone when the last one who remembers is gone.”
Man ist alleine, wenn der letzte weg ist, der sich erinnern kann.

Agatha Christie buch A Murder Is Announced

Quelle: A Murder Is Announced

Romain Rolland Foto

“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”
Sei ehrfürchtig vor dem Morgengrauen. Denken Sie nicht daran, was in einem Jahr oder in zehn Jahren sein wird. Denken Sie an heute.

Romain Rolland buch Juan Criistobal

Gottfried to Jean-Christophe. Part 3: Ada
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Youth (1904)
Quelle: Jean Christophe Vol I
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day.
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day. Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower. Love it even when it is gray and sad like to-day. Do not be anxious. See. It is winter now. Everything is asleep. The good earth will awake again. You have only to be good and patient like the earth. Be reverent. Wait. If you are good, all will go well. If you are not, if you are weak, if you do not succeed, well, you must be happy in that. No doubt it is the best you can do. So, then, why will? Why be angry because of what you cannot do? We all have to do what we can.... Als ich kann.

Mark Twain Foto
Rainer Maria Rilke Foto

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
Wir müssen in Liebe nur das üben: einander gehen lassen. Zum Festhalten kommt man leicht; wir müssen es nicht lernen.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

Quelle: Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

Mark Twain Foto

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
Bewahre deine Illusionen. Wenn sie verschwunden sind, wirst du weiter existieren, aber nicht weiter leben.

Mark Twain buch Following the Equator

Quelle: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. LXII

Rainer Maria Rilke Foto

“The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.”
Die Arbeit der Augen ist getan. Geh nun und vollrichte die Arbeit an den Bildern, welche in deinem Herz eingeschlossen sind.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

Wendung (Turning Point), as translated by Stephen Mitchell

Stephen King Foto

“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”
Schreiben ist kein Leben, aber ich denke, dass es manchmal ein Weg zurück ins Leben sein kann.

Stephen King (1947) American author

Quelle: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

René Descartes Foto

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Quelle: Discourse on Method

Oscar Wilde Foto
Walter Benjamin Foto

“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”

Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)

Quelle: One Way Street And Other Writings

Confucius Foto

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
Musik erzeugt eine Art Vergnügen, auf das die menschliche Natur nicht verzichten kann.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Quelle: The Book of Rites

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
Niemand hat mir jemals gesagt, dass ich hübsch bin, als ich ein kleines Mädchen war. Allen kleinen Mädchen sollte gesagt werden, dass sie hübsch sind, auch wenn sie es nicht sind.

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

Variante: No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

Mark Twain Foto

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
Ich habe einen höheren und strengeren Prinzipienmaßstab als George Washington. Er konnte nicht lügen; ich kann es sehr wohl, aber ich werde es nicht tun.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Paulo Coelho zitat: “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
Paulo Coelho Foto

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
Niemand verliert jemanden, weil niemand jemanden besitzt. Und das ist die wahre Erfahrung der Freiheit: Das Wichtigste auf der Welt haben, ohne es zu besitzen.

Paulo Coelho buch Elf Minuten

Variante: i am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.
that is the true experience of freedom:having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Quelle: Eleven Minutes

Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
Es ist schwer genug, sich an meine Meinungen zu erinnern, ohne sich auch an meine Gründe dafür zu erinnern!

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

“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
… In jedem alten Menschen ist ein junger Mensch, der sich fragt, was passiert ist.

Terry Pratchett buch Moving Pictures

Quelle: Moving Pictures

Elbert Hubbard Foto

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
Wer Dein Schweigen nicht versteht, versteht auch Deine Worte nicht.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Jean Paul Sartre Foto

“Life has no meaning a priori … It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

Quelle: Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946), p. 58

Oscar Wilde Foto

“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
Ich wähle meine Freunde nach ihrem guten Aussehen, meine Bekannten nach ihrem Charakter und meine Feinde nach ihrem Verstand.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Stephen King Foto

“Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.”
Gib mir gerade genug Informationen, damit ich überzeugend lügen kann.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Stefan Zweig Foto

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