— Fernando Pessoa, buch The Education Of the Stoic
The Education of the Stoic: The Only Manuscript of the Baron of Teive, Exact Change, Cambridge, 2005, p. 5
The Education of the Stoic
„The 20th century was perhaps the deadliest in human history, devastated by innumerable conflicts, untold suffering, and unimaginable crimes.“
Nobel lecture (2001)
Kontext: The 20th century was perhaps the deadliest in human history, devastated by innumerable conflicts, untold suffering, and unimaginable crimes. Time after time, a group or a nation inflicted extreme violence on another, often driven by irrational hatred and suspicion, or unbounded arrogance and thirst for power and resources. In response to these cataclysms, the leaders of the world came together at mid-century to unite the nations as never before.
A forum was created — the United Nations — where all nations could join forces to affirm the dignity and worth of every person, and to secure peace and development for all peoples. Here States could unite to strengthen the rule of law, recognize and address the needs of the poor, restrain man’s brutality and greed, conserve the resources and beauty of nature, sustain the equal rights of men and women, and provide for the safety of future generations.
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ghanaischer Diplomat und ehemaliger UN-Generalsekretär 1938 - 2018Ähnliche Zitate
— Carl Rowan American journalist 1925 - 2000
while accepting the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism from the University of South Dakota in 1990.
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"
— Kofi Annan 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1938 - 2018
Nobel lecture (2001)
Kontext: The idea that there is one people in possession of the truth, one answer to the world’s ills, or one solution to humanity’s needs, has done untold harm throughout history — especially in the last century. Today, however, even amidst continuing ethnic conflict around the world, there is a growing understanding that human diversity is both the reality that makes dialogue necessary, and the very basis for that dialogue.
We understand, as never before, that each of us is fully worthy of the respect and dignity essential to our common humanity. We recognize that we are the products of many cultures, traditions and memories; that mutual respect allows us to study and learn from other cultures; and that we gain strength by combining the foreign with the familiar.
— Lewis Thomas American physician, poet and educator 1913 - 1993
— Pentti Linkola Finnish ecologist 1932
Can Life Prevail? Pentti Linkola Voisiko elämä voittaa - ja millä ehdoilla tammi 2004 page 23 (Suomen soitten ojitusta on sanottu Euroopan suurimmaksi luonnon tuhotoimeksi 1900-luvulla.)
— Manuel Fraga Iribarne Spanish politician 1922 - 2012
The day Francisco Franco, the dictator, died. Frases que reflejan el recorrido de Manuel Fraga, 16th January 2012, Gara, 16th January 2012, castellà http://www.gara.net/azkenak/01/315809/es/Frases-que-reflejan-recorrido-Manuel-Fraga,
Franco and Francoism
— Rahul Gandhi Indian politician 1970
Rahul Gandhi: India is going to be 21st century Saudi Arabia, Rahul Gandhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YOZOM0lROs
— Tenzin Gyatso spiritual leader of Tibet 1935
Interview in The New York Times (28 November 1993).
Kontext: I believe that in the 20th century, humanity has learned from many, many experiences. Some positive, and many negative. What misery, what destruction! The greatest number of human beings were killed in the two world wars of this century. But human nature is such that when we face a tremendous critical situation, the human mind can wake up and find some other alternative. That is a human capacity.
„One of the greatest writers of [the 20th] century.“
— Lord Dunsany Irish writer and dramatist 1878 - 1957
Arthur C. Clarke, quoted on the backcover of Time and the Gods, the second volume of the Fantasy Masterworks series
About
„History is the essence of innumerable biographies.“
— Thomas Carlyle Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher 1795 - 1881
On History.
1820s, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855)
„Atomic physics, was the worst thing that happened in the 20th century.“
— Gustav Metzger Artist and political activist 1926 - 2017
Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create', 2012
— John Gray British philosopher 1948
In the Puppet Theatre: Roof Gardens, Feathers and Human Sacrifice (p. 80)
The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom (2015)
— Vasil Bykaŭ Belarusian writer 1924 - 2003
“Ён Прыехаў, Сам Памёр, Усё Спакойна…” Апошнія Тыдні Васіля Быкава https://www.svaboda.org/amp/24853764.html // svaboda.org
(in Belarusian)
„Keynes was no revolutionary, but his ideas revolutionized 20th-century economics.“
— Samuel Bowles American economist 1939
Quelle: Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change, 2005, p.82
— Heydar Aliyev Soviet and Azerbaijani politician 1923 - 2003
Azerbaijan International (7.1) Spring 1999 http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/topics/Quotes/quote_aliyev.heydar.html
„Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.“
— Jared Diamond, buch Guns, Germs, and Steel
Quelle: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
