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“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
Jeder Dummkopf kann kritisieren, verurteilen und sich beschweren - und die meisten Dummköpfe tun es. Aber es braucht Charakter und Selbstbeherrschung, um zu verstehen und zu vergeben.

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

Part 1 : Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, p. 36.
Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
Kontext: Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "... and speak all the good I know of everybody." Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. "A great man shows his greatness," says Carlyle, "by the way he treats little men."

Winston S. Churchill Foto

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
Haltung ist eine kleine Sache, die einen großen Unterschied macht.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.”
Madame, alle Geschichten enden, wenn man sie weit genug verfolgt, mit dem Tod, und der ist kein echter Geschichtenerzähler, der ihnen das vorenthält.

Ernest Hemingway buch Death in the Afternoon

Quelle: Death in the Afternoon (1932), Ch. 11

George Carlin Foto

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.”
In jedem Zyniker steckt ein enttäuschter Idealist.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Variante: Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

Jane Austen Foto
Albert Einstein Foto

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
Frieden kann nicht durch Gewalt erhalten werden. Er kann nur durch Verständnis erreicht werden.

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

Variante: Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Richard Bach Foto

“Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Quelle: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Kontext: You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

Milan Kundera Foto

“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
Liebe ist die Sehnsucht nach der Hälfte von uns selbst, die wir verloren haben.

Milan Kundera buch Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins

pg 233
Quelle: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part Five: Lightness and Weight

Jane Austen Foto

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”
Ich erkläre schlankweg, dass nichts so viel Freude macht wie Lesen! Wie viel schneller bekommt man alles andere satt als ein Buch!

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
Ralph Waldo Emerson zitat: “Always do what you are afraid to do.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
Mach immer das, wovor du Angst hast.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Paulo Coelho zitat: “Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”
Paulo Coelho Foto

“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”
Alles was einmal passiert, kann nie wieder passieren. Aber alles, was zweimal passiert, passiert bestimmt auch ein drittes Mal.

Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist

Quelle: The Alchemist (1988), p. 184; this also has been quoted as "What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time."

Jane Austen Foto

“It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves.”
Es ist nicht jedermann wie Sie, sagte Elinor, der Ihre Leidenschaft für tote Blätter hat.

Jane Austen buch Sense and Sensibility

Quelle: Sense and Sensibility

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.”
Aber das Leben ist nicht schwer zu handhaben, wenn Sie nichts zu verlieren haben.

Ernest Hemingway buch A Farewell to Arms

Quelle: A Farewell to Arms (1929), Ch. 21

Paulo Coelho Foto

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”
Gib deinen Ängsten nicht nach. Wenn Sie dies tun, können Sie nicht mit Ihrem Herzen sprechen.

Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist

Quelle: The Alchemist

Jane Austen Foto

“A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
Eine Frau sollte, besonders wenn sie das Pech hat, etwas zu wissen, es so gut es geht, verbergen.

Jane Austen buch Die Abtei von Northanger

Northanger Abbey (1817)
Works, Northanger Abbey

Oprah Winfrey Foto

“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Make the most of yourself…. for that is all there is of you.”
Mach das Beste aus dir ... denn das ist alles, was es von dir gibt.

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

“Life must be rich and full of loving--it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.”
Das Leben muss reich und voller Liebe sein - sonst ist es nicht gut, überhaupt nicht gut für irgendjemanden.

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

Quelle: Selected Letters, 1940-1956

Leo Tolstoy Foto

“it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.”
Es ist viel besser, Gutes so zu tun, dass niemand etwas darüber weiß.

Leo Tolstoy buch Anna Karenina

Quelle: Anna Karenina

Arthur Schopenhauer Foto

“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”
Es ist schwierig, Glück in sich selbst zu finden, aber es ist unmöglich, es irgendwo anders zu finden.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher
André Maurois Foto

“The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.”
Das Lesen eines schönen Buches ist ein ununterbrochener Dialog, in dem das Buch spricht und unsere Seele antwortet.

André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Friendship

Gloria Naylor Foto
Henry Adams Foto

“A friend in power is a friend lost.”

Henry Adams buch The Education of Henry Adams

Quelle: The Education of Henry Adams

Jane Austen Foto

“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.”
Ich verdiene immer die beste Behandlung, weil ich mich mit keiner anderen abgefunden habe.

Jane Austen buch Emma

Quelle: Emma

Richard Bach Foto

“Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.”
Ihre Freunde werden Sie in der ersten Minute, in der Sie sich treffen, besser kennen als Ihre Bekannten Sie in tausend Jahren.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)

Thich Nhat Hanh Foto
Paulo Coelho Foto

“You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”
Sie haben zwei Möglichkeiten: Ihren Geist zu kontrollieren oder sich von Ihrem Geist kontrollieren zu lassen.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Quelle: Veronika Decides to Die (1998)

George Carlin Foto

“May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.”
Mögen die Mächte des Bösen auf dem Weg zu deinem Haus verwirrt werden.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
William Faulkner Foto

“The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.”
Wenn Sie das nächste Mal versuchen, jemanden zu verführen, tun Sie es nicht mit Worten. Frauen wissen mehr über Worte als Männer jemals. Und sie wissen, wie wenig sie jemals bedeuten können.

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
Confucius Foto

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
Bevor Sie sich auf eine Reise der Rache begeben, graben Sie zwei Gräber.

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

Attributed in Lillet Walters (2000), Secrets of Superstar Speakers; attributed in English sources as a "Japanese proverb" as early as 1924
Misattributed, Not Chinese

Victor Hugo Foto

“Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.”
Nichts macht einen Mann so abenteuerlich wie eine leere Tasche.

Victor Hugo buch Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame

Quelle: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Foto
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
Ohne Begeisterung ist noch nie etwas Großes geschaffen worden.

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

1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles

Robert A. Heinlein Foto

“You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.”

Robert A. Heinlein buch The Green Hills of Earth

Logic of Empire (p. 335); this is one of the earliest known variants of an idea which has become known as Hanlon's razor.
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Quelle: The Green Hills of Earth

Paulo Coelho Foto

“I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.”
Ich habe gelernt, dass das Warten am schwierigsten ist, und ich möchte mich an das Gefühl gewöhnen, zu wissen, dass du bei mir bist, auch wenn du nicht an meiner Seite bist.

Paulo Coelho buch Elf Minuten

Quelle: Eleven Minutes

Niccolo Machiavelli Foto
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”
Natur und Bücher besitzen alle, deren Augen sie sehen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson buch Experience

1840s, Essays: Second Series (1844), Experience
Variante: Nature and books belong to all who see them.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Foto

“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.”
Eine Frau sollte in der Lage sein, einen Mann schön und romantisch zu küssen, ohne jeglichen Wunsch danach, seine Frau oder seine Geliebte zu sein.

F. Scott Fitzgerald buch The Beautiful and Damned

Quelle: The Beautiful and Damned

Milton Berle Foto

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”
Wenn die Gelegenheit nicht klopft, bauen Sie eine Tür.

Milton Berle (1908–2002) American comedian and actor

Variante: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Foto

“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.”
Albern sein. Sei ehrlich. Sei freundlich.

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

“Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.”
Echte Einsamkeit ist nicht unbedingt auf das Alleinsein beschränkt.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Victor Hugo Foto

“Not being heard is no reason for silence.”
Nicht gehört zu werden ist kein Grund zum Schweigen.

Victor Hugo buch Die Elenden

Quelle: Les Misérables

Winston S. Churchill Foto

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”
Er hat all die Tugenden, die ich nicht mag, und keines der Laster, die ich bewundere.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Quelle: Wealth, War, and Wisdom

Marilyn Monroe Foto

“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
Wenn ich ein dummes Mädchen spiele und eine dumme Frage stelle, muss ich das durchziehen. Was soll ich denn tun, etwa intelligent wirken?

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Henry David Thoreau Foto

“Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.”
Erst wenn wir verloren sind, mit anderen Worten, wenn wir die Welt verloren haben, beginnen wir uns selbst zu finden und zu erkennen, wo wir sind und wie unendlich unsere Beziehungen sind.

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

“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
Es gibt keine Sünde und keine Tugend. Es gibt nur Sachen, die Leute machen.

John Steinbeck buch The Grapes of Wrath

Quelle: The Grapes of Wrath

George Bernard Shaw Foto

“Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.”
Erfolg besteht nicht darin, dass niemals Fehler gemacht werden, sondern dass der gleiche Fehler nicht zweimal passiert.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

H. W. Shaw (Josh Billings), as quoted in Scientific American, Vol. 31 (1874), p. 121, and in dictionaries of quotations such as Excellent Quotations for Home and School (1890) by Julia B. Hoitt, p. 117 https://archive.org/stream/excellentquotat00hoitgoog/excellentquotat00hoitgoog#page/n138/mode/1up and Many Thoughts of Many Minds: A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age (1896) by Louis Klopsch, p. 266 https://archive.org/stream/manythoughtsman00klopgoog/manythoughtsman00klopgoog#page/n268/mode/1up.
Misattributed

Jerome K. Jerome Foto

“Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.”

Jerome K. Jerome buch Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Quelle: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
Es geht sie nichts an, dass du das Schreiben lernen musstest. Lass sie im Glauben, dass du es von Geburt an konntest.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

On the loss of a suitcase containing work from his first two years as a writer, as quoted in With Hemingway (1984) by Arnold Samuelson

Paulo Coelho Foto

“This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.”
Das nennen wir Liebe. Wenn du geliebt wirst, kannst du alles in der Schöpfung tun. Wenn du geliebt wirst, musst du überhaupt nicht verstehen, was passiert, denn alles passiert in dir.

Paulo Coelho buch Der Alchimist

Quelle: The Alchemist

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.”
Der schwierige Teil des Schreibens eines Romans besteht darin, ihn abzuschließen.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Albert Einstein Foto

“I believe in intuition and inspiration.”
Ich glaube an Intuition und Inspiration.

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

Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97; also in Transformation : Arts, Communication, Environment (1950) by Harry Holtzman, p. 138. This may be an edited version of some nearly identical quotes from the 1929 Viereck interview below.
1930s
Kontext: I believe in intuition and inspiration. … At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919 confirmed my intuition, I was not in the least surprised. In fact I would have been astonished had it turned out otherwise. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.

Plutarch Foto
Woody Allen Foto

“I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.”
Ich habe einen Test im Existentialismus gemacht. Ich ließ alle Antworten leer und bekam 100.

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

“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.”
Sei ruhig und ordentlich in deinem Leben, damit du wild und originell in deiner Arbeit sein kannst.

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)

Soyez réglé dans votre vie et ordinaire comme un bourgeois, afin d'être violent et original dans vos œuvres. To Gertrude Tennant (December 25, 1876)
Correspondence
Variante: Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Albert Einstein Foto

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”

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

"Self-Portrait" (1936), p. 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=Q1UxYzuI2oQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false
1950s, Out of My Later Years (1950)
Variante: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

Joseph Campbell Foto

“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”
Wenn wir aufhören, in erster Linie an uns selbst und unsere eigene Bedürfnisse zu denken, machen wir eine wahrhaft heldenhafte Umwandlung des Bewusstseins durch.

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
F. Scott Fitzgerald Foto

“Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.”
Der Verzicht auf kritische Urteile enthält eine unendliche Hoffnung.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Quelle: The Great Gatsby

John F. Kennedy Foto

“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
Die Rechte eines jeden Menschen werden geschmälert, wenn die Rechte eines einzelnen Menschen bedroht sind.

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

“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.”
Wir können nie wissen, was wir wollen, denn weil wir nur einmal leben, können wir es weder mit unseren vorherigen Leben vergleichen, noch in zukünftigen Leben verbessern

Milan Kundera (1929–2023) Czech author of Czech and French literature
Francesco Petrarca Foto

“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
Selten leben große Schönheit und große Tugend zusammen.

Francesco Petrarca buch De remediis utriusque fortunae

De remediis utriusque fortunae (1354), Book II

Pearl S.  Buck Foto

“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
Viele Menschen verlieren die kleinen Freuden in der Hoffnung für das große Glück.

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
Helen Keller Foto

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
Halten Sie Ihr Gesicht auf der Sonne und Sie werden nie die Schatten sehen.

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

Variante: Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.

Lucille Ball Foto
Charles Bukowski Foto

“It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun”
Es war wie der Anfang von Leben und Lachen. Es war die wahre Bestimmung der Sonne.

Charles Bukowski buch Factotum

Quelle: Factotum

Carl Sagan Foto
Hans Christian Andersen Foto

“To travel is to live.”
Reisen ist Leben.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet

The Fairy Tale of My Life
Fairy Tales (1835)
Quelle: The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

Henry Ford Foto

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
Qualität heißt, das Richtige zu tun, wenn niemand sucht.

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
Andy Warhol Foto

“Everything has it's beauty but not everyone sees it.”
Alles hat seine Schönheit, aber nicht jeder sieht es.

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
Madonna Foto

“If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.”
Wenn deine Freude davon abhängt, was die Gesellschaft von dir hält, wirst du immer enttäuscht sein.

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Aldous Huxley Foto

“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”
Es gibt nur eine Ecke des Universums, von der Sie sicher sein können, dass sie sich verbessert, und das ist Ihr eigenes Selbst.

Aldous Huxley buch Time Must Have a Stop

Time Must Have a Stop (1944)

Simone de Beauvoir Foto

“I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.”
Ich bin nicht in der Lage, mir Unendlichkeit vorzustellen, und doch akzeptiere ich keine Endlichkeit. Ich möchte, dass dieses Abenteuer, das den Kontext meines Lebens darstellt, ohne Ende weitergeht.

Simone de Beauvoir buch La Vieillesse

Pt. 2, Ch. 2: Time, activity, history, p. 412
The Coming of Age (1970)
Quelle: La Vieillesse

Oprah Winfrey Foto

“If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Leo Tolstoy Foto

“Boredom: the desire for desires.”
Langeweile: Der Wunsch nach Wünschen.

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
Anaïs Nin Foto
William Faulkner Foto

“I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are.”
Ich bin schlecht und ich werde in die Hölle, und es ist mir egal. Ich wäre lieber in der Hölle, als irgendwo, wo du bist.

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
Ernest Hemingway Foto

“I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.”
Ich bin nicht mehr mutig, Schatz. Ich bin alles kaputt. Ich bin gebrochen worden.

Ernest Hemingway buch A Farewell to Arms

Quelle: A Farewell to Arms

F. Scott Fitzgerald Foto

“Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.”
Dinge sind süßer, wenn sie verloren sind. Ich weiß - weil ich einmal etwas wollte und es bekam. Es war das einzige, was ich jemals so sehr wollte, Punkt, und als ich es bekam, verwandelte es sich in Staub in meiner Hand.

F. Scott Fitzgerald buch The Beautiful and Damned

Quelle: The Beautiful and Damned

Katherine Mansfield Foto

“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.”

Katherine Mansfield buch Je ne parle pas français

"Je ne parle pas français," http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mansfield/bliss/bliss.html#francais from Bliss and Other Stories (1920)
Variante: I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it.
Kontext: I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it. You can't get it into shape; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

Albert Einstein Foto

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
Imagination ist alles. Es ist die vorschau des lebens auf die kommenden attraktionen.

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

Variante: Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.

Agatha Christie Foto

“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”
Instinkt ist eine ganz wunderbare Sache. Er kann weder erklärt noch ignoriert werden.

Agatha Christie buch The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Quelle: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Confucius Foto

“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
Der Mann, der eine Frage stellt, ist für eine Minute ein Dummkopf; der Mann, der gar nicht fragt, ist ein Dummkopf fürs Leben.

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

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.”
Mein Ziel ist es, auf dem Papier zu hinterlassen, was ich sehe und was ich am besten und einfachsten fühle.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Paulo Coelho Foto

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”
Wenn ich nichts zu verlieren hatte, hatte ich alles. Als ich aufhörte zu sein, wer ich bin, fand ich mich wieder.

Paulo Coelho buch Elf Minuten

Quelle: Eleven Minutes

Woody Allen Foto
Marilyn Monroe Foto

“I've been on a calendar, but never on time.”
Ich war schon auf einem Kalender, aber ich war niemals pünktlich.

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

“The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it.”
Der Unterschied zwischen Sex und Liebe ist, dass Sex Spannungen lindert und Liebe sie verursacht.

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

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Quelle: Poems

Wayne W. Dyer Foto
Plutarch Foto

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Der Geist ist kein zu füllendes Gefäß, sondern ein zu entfachendes Feuer.

Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
Woody Allen Foto

“It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better… while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.”

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

Variante: There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

Oliver Goldsmith Foto

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) Irish physician and writer

Variante: Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Quelle: The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith

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