
“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.”
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“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.”
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
“Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.”
“He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.”
“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
Variante: He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.”
“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends”
“Love has no age, no limit; and no death.”
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.”
“I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”
“Fear grows in darkness; if you think theres a bogeyman around, turn on the light.”
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
“The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.”
“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Variante: True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
“To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”
“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
“It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
“From wonder into wonder existence opens.”
“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.”
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.”
“Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.”
“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”
“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
“We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.”
“He who is contented is rich.”
“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)
After being suggested by Artembares, grandfather of Artayctes, to abandon the rocky land of Persia Proper for a better region in the empire.
Quelle: As quoted by Herodotus, in the final section of The Histories; cited in https://books.google.com/books?id=2fZmqKcsf-wC&pg=PT362&lpg=PT362
“Criticize by category — praise by name.”
[CNCB's Becky Quick interviews Warren Buffett (2/25/19), February 25, 2019, CNBC Television, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqc56crs56s] (quote at 48:00 of 2:00:00)
“What you do and what you love just becomes a part of you, if you're lucky.”
Quelle: Paul McCartney: The Waterstones Interview
December 2021
https://youtu.be/chROemnJfIo?t=2916
“Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.”
quoted in [LifeSite, The heart of the Catholic Church's current crisis is the abandonment of law and doctrine - LifeSite, 2022-06-07, 2022-05-05, https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/the-heart-of-the-catholic-churchs-current-crisis-is-the-abandonment-of-law-and-doctrine/]
Variant versions:
I see the world is rotten because of silence … speak the truth in a million voices. It is silence that kills. (quoted at 0:23 of [Randall Terry, The Silence That Kills, 2022-06-07, 2020-10-19, 23:29, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql2ncPIgui0])
Original Italian: Oimé, non più tacere! Gridate con centomiglia di lingue. Veggo che, per lo tacere, el mondo è guasto, la Sposa di Cristo è impalidita ( Lettera 16, "A uno grande prelato" http://www.clerus.org/bibliaclerusonline/it/eki.htm#q)
lit.: "O alas, be silent no more! Shout with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that, through silence, the world is broken, the Bride of Christ is impaled"
Letter to Frank Barber (15 December 1944)
The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, George Orwell: As I Please, 1943-1945, Editors: Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus. p. 292.
“From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.”
“Out of clutter, find simplicity.”
Finden Sie aus Unordnung Einfachheit.
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character”
Eine Schwäche des Verhaltens wird eine Schwäche des Charakters.
Speech made in honor of Thomas Mann in January 1939, when Mann was given the Einstein Prize given by the Jewish Forum. Quoted in Einstein Lived Here by Abraham Pais (1994), p. 214 http://books.google.com/books?id=u_9QAAAAMAAJ&q=%22becomes+lack+of+power%22#search_anchor
1930s
Kontext: The standard bearers have grown weak in the defense of their priceless heritage, and the powers of darkness have been strengthened thereby. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.
“Friendship is really the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”
Freundschaft ist sicherlich der beste Balsam für die Wunden einer enttäuschten Liebe.
Variante: Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Quelle: Northanger Abbey
“Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.”
Im Großen und Ganzen sind kurze Wörter am besten, und die alten Wörter sind, wenn sie kurz sind, am besten.
Speech on receiving the London Times Literary Award November 2, 1949
Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill’s Speeches, Hyperion (2003), p. 453 ISBN ISBN 1401300561
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Quelle: Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
Wir alle wissen, dass sich Licht schneller als Schall ausbreitet. Das ist der Grund, warum bestimmte Personen hell erscheinen, bis Sie sie sprechen hören.
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
Ein großer Mann ist immer bereit, klein zu sein.
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Compensation
Kontext: Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes and falls off from him like a dead skin, and when they would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.
“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.”
Die Liebe ist eine Falle. Wenn sie erscheint, sehen wir nur ihr Licht, nicht ihren Schatten.
Quelle: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.”
Variante: The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them (pg. 52).
Quelle: Anthem
Quelle: Factotum (1975), Ch. 17
Kontext: I got into bed, opened the bottle, worked the pillow into a hard knot behind my back, took a deep breath, and sat in the dark looking out of the window. It was the first time I had been alone for five days. I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me. I took a drink of wine.
“Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticized.”
Um Kritik zu vermeiden: Tu nichts, sag nichts, sei nichts.
John North Willys (as reprinted in Elbert Hubbard's Selected Writings, Part 2 (1998), pp. 331–337, Roycrofters, 1922).
Pamphlets
Quelle: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen
“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”
Denke am Morgen. Handle am Nachmittag. Iss am Abend. Schlaf in der Nacht.
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 41
“Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.”
Sex ist nur schmutzig, wenn er richtig gemacht wird.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)