Martin Svoboda

@quick, členem od 4. dubna 2011

“Insanity — a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.”

Ronald David Laing (1927–1989) Scottish psychiatrist and author

As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 412; this might be a paraphrase, as the earliest occurrence of this phrase thus far located is in the form: "Ronald David Laing has shocked many people when he suggested in 1972 that insanity can be a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." in Studii de literatură română și comparată (1984), by The Faculty of Philology-History at Universitatea din Timișoara. A clear citation to Laing's own work has not yet been found.
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„Všichni víme, že světlo putuje rychleji než zvuk. Proto někteří lidé vypadají chytře, dokud je neslyšíte mluvit.“

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) německo-americký fyzik, autor teorie relativity

„Pravda má tu výhodu, že si člověk nemusí pamatovat, co řekl.“

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) anglický romanopisec a křesťanský obhájce

“I think the American dream is still what gets us out of bed every day, that life can be better…”

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Vanessa Hua American journalist and writer

On the state of the “American Dream” in “A Conversation with Vanessa Hua” https://www.readitforward.com/author-interview/a-conversation-with-vanessa-hua/ in Read It Forward

“If you try to please everyone you’ll please no one.”

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Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter

“Being on the edge isn’t as safe, but the view is better.”

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Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter

„Člověk, který ví, že je hlupák, není velký hlupák.“

Lao-c' (-604) čínský filozof

Zdroj: Rovnost 5. 10. 1990

“Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”

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Zhuangzi (-369–-286 BC) classic Chinese philosopher

Zdroj: Nan-Hua-Ch'en-Ching, or, the Treatise of the transcendent master from Nan-Hua

“Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.”

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Zhuangzi (-369–-286 BC) classic Chinese philosopher

Varianta: "Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to."
Kontext: A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who's forgotten words so I can have a word with him?...