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Jane Austen Foto

“Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
Ah! Es gibt nichts Schöneres, als zu Hause zu bleiben, um sich wirklich wohl zu fühlen.

Jane Austen buch Emma

Emma (1815)
Works, Emma

Robert Southey Foto
Marilyn Monroe Foto

“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.”
Der Körper soll gesehen werden, nicht alles verdeckt.

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

Handwritten note responding to a question about posing nude, as quoted in International Herald Tribune (5 October 1984)
Variante: The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

George Carlin Foto
Woody Allen Foto

“If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.”
Wenn Jesus zurückkam und sah, was in seinem Namen geschah, würde er nie aufhören, sich zu übergeben.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

Quelle: Hannah and Her Sisters

Victor Hugo Foto

“Reason is intelligence taking exercise; imagination is intelligence with an erection.”
Vernunft ist Intelligenz, die übt; Vorstellungskraft ist Intelligenz mit potentieller Steigerung.

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

Unpublished notebook from 1845-50. Published in Seebacher (ed.), Oeuvres Complètes, vol. 10, p. 158 (Laffont, 1989). English translation from Robb, Victor Hugo p. 249 (Norton, 1997).

Mortimer J. Adler Foto

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”

Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator

Quelle: Joseph Allen (1979). The Leisure alternatives catalog: food for mind & body. p. 134

Albert Einstein Foto

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.”
Am schwersten auf der Welt zu verstehen ist die Einkommensteuer.

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

Attributed by his friend Leo Mattersdorf, who also said that "From the time Professor Einstein came to this country until his death, I prepared his income tax returns and advised him on his tax problems." In a letter to Time magazine, 22 February 1963. See this post from The Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/03/07/einstein-income-taxes/#more-2031 for more background.
Attributed in posthumous publications

Victor Hugo Foto

“Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.”
Einige Gedanken sind Gebete. Es gibt Momente, egal wie die Körperhaltung sein wird, wo die Seele kniet. Gewisse Gedanken sind Gebete. Es gibt Momente, in denen sich die Seele, unabhängig von der Körperhaltung, auf die Knie begibt.

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

Variante: There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Stephen King Foto

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
Sowohl Rowling als auch Meyer sprechen direkt mit jungen Leuten. … Der wirkliche Unterschied ist, dass Jo Rowling ein großartiger Schriftsteller ist und Stephenie Meyer kein verdammtes Stück schreiben kann. Sie ist nicht sehr gut.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.”
Wir aßen gut und billig und tranken gut und billig und schliefen gut und warm zusammen und liebten uns.

Ernest Hemingway buch Paris – Ein Fest fürs Leben

Quelle: A Moveable Feast

Milan Kundera Foto

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
Denken Sie im Umgang mit Menschen daran, dass es sich nicht um logische Kreaturen handelt, sondern um Kreaturen, die vor Vorurteilen strotzen und von Stolz und Eitelkeit motiviert sind.

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

Variante: When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.
Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Paulo Coelho Foto

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
Egal was er tut, jeder Mensch auf der Erde spielt eine zentrale Rolle in der Geschichte der Welt. Und normalerweise weiß er es nicht.

Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist

Quelle: The Alchemist (1988), p. 158.

Umberto Eco Foto

“To survive, you must tell stories.”

Umberto Eco buch The Island of the Day Before

The Island of the Day Before

Jane Austen Foto

“There are people who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”
Es gibt nämlich Leute, die, je mehr man für sie tut, um so weniger für sich selbst tun.

Jane Austen buch Emma

Quelle: Emma (1815)

Marilyn Monroe zitat: “Who said nights were for sleep?”
Marilyn Monroe Foto

“Who said nights were for sleep?”
Wer sagt, Nächte sind zum Schlafen da?

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

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.”
Halbwissen ist eine gefährliche Sache. So ist viel.

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet

Misattributed

Mary Kay Ash Foto

“If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right.”
Ob du denkst, du kannst es, oder du kannst es nicht: Du wirst auf jeden Fall recht.

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) Entrepreneur

Variante: If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can not, you are right.

Don DeLillo Foto
John Steinbeck Foto

“To be alive at all is to have scars.”
Am Leben zu sein, heißt Narben tragen.

John Steinbeck buch The Winter of Our Discontent

Quelle: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VI

Paulo Coelho Foto

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
Die zwei härtesten Prüfungen auf dem spirituellen Weg sind die Geduld, auf den richtigen Moment zu warten, und der Mut, von dem, was uns begegnet, nicht enttäuscht zu werden.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Variante: You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.
Quelle: Veronika Decides to Die

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Foto

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
Jeder Mensch hat seine geheimen Sorgen, die die Welt nicht kennt; und oft nennen wir einen Mann kalt, wenn er nur traurig ist.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

Hyperion http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5436, Bk. III, Ch. IV (1839).
Variante: Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.
Kontext: "Ah! this beautiful world!" said Flemming, with a smile. "Indeed, I know not what to think of it. Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine, and Heaven itself lies not far off. And then it changes suddenly; and is dark and sorrowful, and clouds shut out the sky. In the lives of the saddest of us, there are bright days like this, when we feel as if we could take the great world in our arms and kiss it. Then come the gloomy hours, when the fire will neither burn on our hearths nor in our hearts; and all without and within is dismal, cold, and dark. Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad."

Jon Kabat-Zinn Foto

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944) American academic

Variante: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Quelle: Wherever You Go, There You Are

Jonathan Swift Foto

“Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.”
Phantasie ist die Gabe, unsichtbare Dinge zu sehen.

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet

Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects) (1745)

Henry Ford Foto

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
Der einzige wirkliche Fehler ist der, von dem wir nichts lernen.

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
Elbert Hubbard Foto

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
Es gibt keinen Fehler, außer dass keine Anführungszeichen mehr versucht werden.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Wayne W. Dyer Foto
Helen Keller Foto

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
Man kann niemals zustimmen zu kriechen, wenn man einen Drang verspürt zu schweben.

Helen Keller buch The Story of My Life

Quelle: Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (8 July 1896) http://www.afb.org/mylife/book.asp?ch=P3Ch4, quoted in supplement to The Story of My Life

William Blake zitat: “If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
William Blake Foto

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
Wenn etwas liebt, ist es unendlich.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Annotations to Swedenborg (1788)
1780s

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.”
Sex ist ein Teil der Natur. Ich gehe mit der Natur.

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

Variante: Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.

John Steinbeck Foto

“I guess there are never enough books.”
Ich vermute, dass es nie genug Bücher geben wird.

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer

Quelle: A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia

John F. Kennedy Foto

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.”
Wenn wir unsere Dankbarkeit ausdrücken, dürfen wir niemals vergessen, dass die höchste Wertschätzung nicht darin besteht, Worte auszusprechen, sondern nach ihnen zu leben.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

"Proclamation 3560 — Thanksgiving Day, 1963" (5 November 1963) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9511<!-- Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project -->
1963
Kontext: Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers —  for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.
Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings — let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals — and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world.

Francis Bacon Foto

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
Einige Bücher sollen verkostet, andere geschluckt und einige wenige gekaut und verdaut werden.

Francis Bacon buch Essays

Essays (1625)
Kontext: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Of Studies

Woody Allen Foto

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
Wenn du Gott zum Lachen bringen willst, erzähle ihm von deinen Plänen.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Franz Kafka Foto

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
Nur wegen ihrer Dummheit können sie sich so sicher sein.

Franz Kafka buch Der Process

Variante: It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves.
Quelle: The Trial

Martin Luther King, Jr. Foto

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?”
Die hartnäckigste und dringlichste Frage des Lebens lautet: Was tust du für andere?

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

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Ich war drinnen und draußen, zugleich verzaubert und abgestoßen von der unerschöpflichen Vielfalt des Lebens.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Quelle: The Great Gatsby

Muhammad Ali Foto

“I hated every minute of it. But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
Training Ich habe jede Minute des Trainings gehasst, aber ich habe mir gesagt: “Gib nicht auf. Quäle Dich jetzt und lebe den Rest Deines Lebens als Champion.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

On training, as quoted in "Ali: Born Again!" by Pete Axthelm and Peter Bonventre, Newsweek (25 September 1978)

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.”
Hollywood ist ein Ort, an dem sie dir tausend Dollar für einen Kuss und fünfzig Cent für deine Seele zahlen. Ich weiß es, weil ich das erste Angebot oft genug abgelehnt und die fünfzig Cent ausgehalten habe.

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

As quoted in Marilyn Monroe : In Her Own Words (1983), edited by Roger Taylor
Variante: Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

Sigmund Freud Foto

“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”
Man kann sich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren, daß die Menschen gemeinhin mit falschen Maßstäben messen, Macht, Erfolg und Reichtum für sich anstreben und bei anderen bewundern, die wahren Werte des Lebens aber unterschätzen.

Sigmund Freud buch Das Unbehagen in der Kultur

Man kann sich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren, daß die Menschen gemeinhin mit falschen Maßstäben messen, Macht, Erfolg und Reichtum für sich anstreben und bei anderen bewundern, die wahren Werte des Lebens aber unterschätzen.
Quelle: 1920s, Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), Ch. 1, as translated by James Strachey, p.25

Charles Bukowski Foto

“An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.”
Ein Intellektueller ist ein Mann, der auf schwierige Weise etwas Einfaches sagt. Ein Künstler ist ein Mann, der auf einfache Weise etwas Schwieriges sagt.

Charles Bukowski buch Notes of a Dirty Old Man

Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969)

Will Rogers Foto

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
Auch wenn Sie auf der richtigen Spur fahren, können Sie überfahren, wenn Sie nur sitzen.

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

Variante: Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Henry David Thoreau Foto

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
Lebe jede Jahreszeit, wie sie kommt! Atme die Luft, trinke, schmecke die Früchte und überlasse dich ihrem Einfluss.

Henry David Thoreau buch Walden

Quelle: Walden

Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
Der Geist, der einmal von einer neuen Idee gestreckt wurde, kehrt niemals zu seinen ursprünglichen Dimensionen zurück.

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

“All serious daring starts from within.”

Eudora Welty (1909–2001) American author

Quelle: On Writing (2002)

John F. Kennedy Foto

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining”
Der Zeitpunkt, um das Dach zu reparieren ist, wenn die Sonne scheint.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

by filling three basic gaps in our anti-recession protection.
1962, Second State of the Union Address

Michel De Montaigne Foto

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
Das Beste auf der Welt ist, zu wissen, wie man zu sich selbst gehört.

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de savoir être à soi.
Book I, Ch. 39
Essais (1595), Book I
Quelle: The Complete Essays

Albert Einstein Foto

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
Schauen Sie tief in die Natur und dann werden Sie alles besser verstehen.

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

“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country. ~ Horace in Odes, Book 3, Ode 2, Line 13, as translated in The Works of Horace by J. C. Elgood
Notes on the Next War (1935)

Napoleon Hill Foto

“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
Glück findet man im Tun, kaum im Besitzen.

Napoleon Hill buch Think and Grow Rich

Quelle: Think and Grow Rich

Henry David Thoreau Foto

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Wenn Sie Luftschlösser gebaut haben, muss Ihre Arbeit nicht verloren gehen. Dort sollten sie sein. Legen Sie nun die Fundamente darunter.

Henry David Thoreau buch Walden

Quelle: Walden

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”
Ich konnte niemals etwas vortäuschen, was ich nicht fühlte. Ich konnte nie Liebe machen, wenn ich nicht liebte, und wenn ich liebte, konnte ich die Tatsache nicht besser verbergen, als meine Augenfarbe zu ändern.

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

Quelle: My Story

William Blake Foto

“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
Es ist einfacher, einem Feind als einem Freund zu vergeben.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Quelle: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1

Napoleon Hill Foto

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
Die meisten herausragenden Menschen haben ihren größten Erfolg nur einen Schritt hinter ihrem größten Misserfolg erreicht.

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
George Bernard Shaw zitat: “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw Foto

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
Fortschritt gibt es nicht ohne Veränderung. Wer sein Denken nicht ändern kann, kann gar nichts ändern.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Everybody's Political What's What? (ebook, must be borrowed) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24979564M/Everybody's_political_what's_what (1944), Chapter XXXVII: Creed and Conduct, p. 330
1940s and later
Variante: Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Kontext: Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Creeds, articles, and institutes of religious faith ossify our brains and make change impossible. As such they are nuisances, and in practice have to be mostly ignored.

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.”
Ich erhole mich, wenn ich alleine bin. Eine Karriere wird in der Öffentlichkeit geboren - Talent in der Privatsphäre.

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

As quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 40
Variante: I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Foto

“I'm a cynical idealist.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald buch This Side of Paradise

Quelle: This Side of Paradise

Václav Havel Foto

“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.”
Das Heil dieser menschlichen Welt liegt nirgendwo anders als im menschlichen Herzen, in der menschlichen Reflexionskraft, in der menschlichen Sanftmut und in der menschlichen Verantwortung.

Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic

International Herald Tribune (21 February 1990)

Leo Buscaglia Foto

“To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
Etwas zu versuchen, birgt das Risiko, zu versagen. Risiken müssen eingegangen werden, denn die grösste Gefahr des Lebens besteht darin, nichts zu riskieren.

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

Living, Loving, and Learning (1982)
Variante: Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Quelle: Living Loving and Learning
Kontext: To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.”
Erfolg lenkt den Hass vieler Menschen auf dich. Ich wünschte, es wäre nicht so. Es wäre wunderbar, Erfolg zu haben, ohne Neid in den Augen deiner Mitmenschen zu sehen.

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

As quoted in The Films of Barbra Streisand (2001) by Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson
Variante: Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Franz Kafka Foto

“A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die.”
Ein erstes Zeichen beginnender Erkenntnis ist der Wunsch zu sterben.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Charles Bukowski Foto

“my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.”
Meine Seele ist trauriger als alle toten Weihnachtsbäume der Welt.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Thomas Jefferson Foto

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to Archibald Stuart http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/skjolly/jeffersonianfederalism.pdf http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA837#v=onepage&q=&f=false, Philadelphia (23 December 1791)
1790s
Variante: I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.
Quelle: Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Oprah Winfrey Foto
Jane Austen Foto

“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
Meine einmal verlorene, gute Meinung ist für immer verloren.

Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

Mary Kay Ash Foto

“For every failure, there's an alternative
course of action. You just have to find it.
When you come to a roadblock,
take a detour.”

Für jeden Fehler gibt es eine Handlungsalternative. Man muss sie nur finden. Wenn Du auf ein Hindernis stösst, nimm einen Umweg.

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) Entrepreneur
Ernest Hemingway Foto
Paulo Coelho Foto

“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”
Bleib verrückt, aber benimm dich wie normale Menschen. Gehe das Risiko ein, anders zu sein, aber lerne dies zu tun, ohne Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Every artist was first an amateur.”
Jeder Künstler war zuerst ein Amateur.

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

Progress of Culture (see also: Art)
1870s, Society and Solitude (1870), Books, Letters and Social Aims http://www.rwe.org/comm/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=74&Itemid=149 (1876)

Jack Kerouac Foto

“I am going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children.”
Ich werde meine Romane heiraten und Kurzgeschichten als Kinder haben.

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

Kerouac, as quoted by Allen Ginsberg in The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice (2006), page 250.

William Saroyan Foto

“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”
Wenn Sie lachen, lachen Sie wie die Hölle. Und wenn Sie wütend werden, werden Sie gut und wütend. Versuche am Leben zu sein. Sie werden früh genug tot sein.

William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer

Preface
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
Kontext: The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

Leo Tolstoy Foto

“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
In Gottes Namen, halten Sie für einen Moment inne, stellen Sie Ihre Arbeit ein, sehen Sie sich um.

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
Madonna Foto

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”
Mutig zu sein bedeutet, jemanden bedingungslos zu lieben, ohne etwas im Gegenzug zu erwarten. Einfach zu geben. Das braucht Mut, denn wir wollen nicht auf die Nase fallen oder uns öffnen, um verletzt zu werden.

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
John Steinbeck Foto
Charles Bukowski Foto

“I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.”
Ich habe nie einen anderen Mann getroffen, der ich lieber wäre. Und selbst wenn das eine Illusion ist, ist es eine glückbringende.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

in Bukowski: Born Into This (2002)
Variante: I've never met another man I'd rather be.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Foto

“Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.”

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

Variante: We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
Alles, was ein Mädchen wirklich will, ist, dass ein Mann ihr beweist, dass sie anders ist als alle Anderen.

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

“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”

Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model

Quelle: Lauren Bacall By Myself and Then Some (2005)

Victor Hugo Foto

“People do not lack strength, they lack will.”
Den Menschen fehlt nicht die Kraft. Es fehlt ihnen der Wille.

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
Napoleon Hill Foto

“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
Wenn Ihre Wünsche stark genug sind, scheinen Sie übermenschliche Kräfte zu besitzen, um sie zu erreichen

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
F. Scott Fitzgerald Foto

“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”
Neue Freunde haben oft eine bessere Zeit zusammen als alte Freunde.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter

Quelle: Tender is the Night

Jack Kerouac Foto

“I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.”
Ich weiß es nicht, es ist mir egal, und es macht überhaupt keinen Unterschied.

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Martin Luther King, Jr. Foto

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”
Hass lähmt das Leben; Liebe befreit es. Hass verwirrt das Leben; Liebe bringt es ins Gleichgewicht. Hass verdunkelt das Leben; Liebe erleuchtet es.

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

Last paragraph of section III of Antidotes for fear, page 122 (see link at top of the section)
1960s, Strength to Love (1963)
Quelle: A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

John Steinbeck Foto

“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
Manchmal möchte ein Mann dumm sein, wenn es ihm erlaubt, etwas zu tun, was seine Klugheit verbietet.

John Steinbeck buch East of Eden

Quelle: East of Eden

Charles Bukowski Foto

“Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.”
Poesie ist das, was passiert, wenn nichts anderes kann.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Jack London Foto

“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
Ich würde lieber ein wildes Lied singen und mein Herz damit platzen lassen, als tausend Jahre lang meine Verdauung zu beobachten und Angst vor der Nässe zu haben.

Jack London buch The Turtles of Tasman

Quelle: The Turtles of Tasman

John F. Kennedy Foto

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”
Veränderung ist die Regel des Lebens. Wer nur Vergangenheit und Gegenwart betrachtet, wird die Zukunft sicherlich vermissen.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

Variante: Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Foto

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
Das ist ein Teil der Schönheit aller Literatur. Du entdeckst, dass deine Sehnsüchte universelle Sehnsüchte sind, dass du nicht einsam und isoliert bist. Du gehörst dazu.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Salvador Dalí Foto

“I don't do drugs. I'm drugs.”

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist

In an interview conducted by Paloma Chamorro in Madrid (Spain), 1982; as cited in Salvador Dalí: a la conquista de lo irracional, Javier Pérez Andújar (2003) p. 245
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1981 - 1989
Variante: I don't do drugs. I'm drugs.

Bob Dylan Foto

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”
Manchmal reicht es nicht aus zu wissen, was die Dinge bedeuten. Manchmal muss man wissen, was die Dinge nicht bedeuten.

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Helen Keller Foto

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”
Optimismus ist der Glaube, der zur Errungenschaft führt; nichts kann getan werden ohne Hoffnung.

Helen Keller buch Optimism

Optimism (1903)
Variante: Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement

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