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„Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.“
Čtení je pro mysl, co je cvičení pro tělo.
— Joseph Addison politician, writer and playwright 1672 - 1719
No. 147.
The Tatler (1711–1714)
Varianta: A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body
Kontext: Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
„It is never too late to be what you might have been.“
Nikdy není pozdě začít být tím, kým jste mohli být.
— George Eliot English novelist, journalist and translator 1819 - 1880
„Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.“
Život začíná tam, kde končí vaše komfortní zóna.
— Neale Donald Walsch American writer 1943
„Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.“
Neplač, protože to skončilo. Usměj se, protože se to stalo.
— Dr. Seuss American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books 1904 - 1991
Often attributed to Dr. Seuss without citation; also cited as an anonymous proverb.
This quote has also been attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, in Spanish: "No llores porque ya se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió."
Compare lines from In Memoriam A.H.H. of Tennyson:
  'Tis better to have loved and lost
  Than never to have loved at all.
Disputed
Varianta: Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
„He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.“
— Laozi, kniha Tao Te Ching
Zdroj: Tao Te Ching, Ch. 46
„Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.“
Vzdělávání mysli bez vzdělávání srdce není žádné vzdělávání.
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -321 př. n. l.
„We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
„Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
„Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche, kniha Tak pravil Zarathustra
Zdroj: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
„Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.“
— Démosthenés ancient greek statesman and orator -384 - -322 př. n. l.
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„They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same.“
Smějí se mi protože jsem jiný, já se směju jim protože jsou všichni stejný.
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
„By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.“
Když to necháte být, všechno se vyřeší. Svět vyhrávají ti, kteří to nechávají být. Ale když se snažíte a snažíte, svět je více než vítězství.
— Laozi, kniha Tao Te Ching
Zdroj: Tao Te Ching, Ch. 48, as translated by Raymond B. Blakney (1955)
„If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.“
Pokud čtu knihu, která mně ochladí tak, že žadný oheň mě neohřeje, vím, že je to poezie.
— Emily Dickinson American poet 1830 - 1886
„We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.“
Nemůžeme si být jisti, zda máme důvod žít, dokud za něj nejsme ochotni zemřít.
— Ernesto Che Guevara Argentine Marxist revolutionary 1928 - 1967
As quoted in Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005) by Allan Zullo, p. 36
„Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don't speak bird.“
Ptáci každé ráno za rozbřesku křičí z plných plic ve strašlivém pekelném vzteku, aby nás všechny varovali před pravdou, ale my žel ptačí řečí neumíme.
— Kurt Cobain, kniha Journals
Journals (2002)
Kontext: Birds... scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the world in our ears, but sadly we don't speak bird. [p. 224]
„The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, "Quotation".
Misattributed, Isaac D'Israeli
Varianta: The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
„You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.“
Můžeš říct, že jsem snílek, ale nejsem jediný. Doufám, že se k nám jednoho dne přidáš. A svět bude žít jako jeden muž.
— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980
Lyrics, Imagine (1971 album)
„Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.“
Nikdy nepodceňujte sílu hloupých lidí ve velkých skupinách.
— George Carlin American stand-up comedian 1937 - 2008
„A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.“
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German writer, artist, and politician 1749 - 1832
„Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.“
— William Shakespeare, Jak se vám líbí
Zdroj: As You Like It
„To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.“
Být krásný znamená být sama sebou. Nepotřebujete aby vás ostatní přijímali. Potřebujete přijmout sami sebe.
— Thich Nhat Hanh Religious leader and peace activist 1926
„Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.“
Někdy lidé nechtějí slyšet pravdu, protože si nechtějí zničit své iluze.
— Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist 1844 - 1900
„In time we hate that which we often fear.“
Časem nenávidíme to, čeho se často bojíme.
— William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
Zdroj: Antony and Cleopatra
„When you have something to say, silence is a lie.“
Pokud máte co říct, mlčení je lež.
— Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology 1962
„I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?“
Mám odvahu zemřít. Co chci vědět je, zda máš ty odvahu žít?
— Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Zdroj: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
„Believe you can and you're halfway there.“
Věřte, že můžete a jste na půl cesty.
— Theodore Roosevelt American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858 - 1919
„Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.“
Život je jako jízda na kole. Abyste udrželi balanc, musíte se neustále pohybovat dopředu.
— Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955
Letter to his son Eduard (5 February 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), p. 367
1930s
„In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life — It goes on.“
Ve třech slovech můžu shrnout všechno, co jsem se naučil o životě: Život jde dál.
— Robert Frost American poet 1874 - 1963
As quoted in The Harper Book of Quotations (1993) edited by Robert I. Fitzhenry, p. 261
General sources
Varianta: In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
„The past has no power over the present moment.“
Minulost nemá v současnosti žádnou moc.
— Eckhart Tolle German writer 1948
„In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.“
— Shunryu Suzuki Japanese Buddhist missionary 1904 - 1971
Prologue
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1973)
Varianta: In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few
Zdroj: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
„The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.“
Veřejnost je neuvěřitelně tolerantní; omlouvá všechno kromě geniality.
— Oscar Wilde Irish writer and poet 1854 - 1900
Zdroj: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde
„A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.“
— John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury British banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath 1834 - 1913
„It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…“
Je lepší být nenáviděn pro to, jaký jsi, než být milován pro to, co nejsi.
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
„There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.“
Je spousta věcí, které si přeji, abych udělal, namísto toho abych tu jen vysedával a stěžoval si na svůj nudný život.
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
As quoted in Rolling Stone (1992-04-16).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
Kontext: All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They’re no good at all. But I’m not going to go around preaching against [them].
„If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.“
Pokud jste opravdu namyšlený člověk, budete se vracet jako moucha a jíst hovno.
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
As quoted in Monk Magazine (1992-10).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
„A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.“
Smrt jednoho muže je tragédie, smrt milionu je jen pouhá statistika.
— Joseph Stalin General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1879 - 1953
Variants: One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is just a statistic.
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
When one dies, it is a tragedy. When a million die, it is a statistic.
In Портрет тирана (1981) (Portrait of a Tyrant), Soviet historian Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko attributes the following version to Stalin: "When one man dies it's a tragedy. When thousands die it's statistics." This is the alleged response of Stalin during the 1943 Tehran conference when Churchill objected to an early opening of a second front in France.<!-- The book appears to have a footnote sourceing the claim, but I couldn't access it. Could someone please try to scare up a paper copy and have a look at footnote 188? -->
In her review "Mustering Most Memorable Quips" of Konstantin Dushenko's 1997 Dictionary of Modern Quotations (Словарь современных цитат: 4300 ходячих цитат и выражений ХХ века, их источники, авторы, датировка), Julia Solovyova states: "Russian historians have no record of the lines, 'Death of one man is a tragedy. Death of a million is a statistic,' commonly attributed by English-language dictionaries to Josef Stalin."
This quotation may originate from "Französischer Witz" (1925) by Kurt Tucholsky: "Darauf sagt ein Diplomat vom Quai d'Orsay: «Der Krieg? Ich kann das nicht so schrecklich finden! Der Tod eines Menschen: das ist eine Katastrophe. Hunderttausend Tote: das ist eine Statistik!»" ("To which a Quai d'Orsay diplomat replies: «The war? I can't find it so terrible! The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. One hundred thousand deaths: that is a statistic!»")
Another possible source or intermediary may be the concluding words of chapter 8 of the 1956 novel The Black Obelisk by Erich Maria Remarque: "Aber das ist wohl so, weil ein einzelner immer der Tod ist — und zwei Millionen immer nur eine Statistik." ("But probably the reason is that one dead man is death—and two million are only a statistic." 1958 Crest Book reprint)
Mary Soames (daughter of Churchill) claims to have overheard Stalin deliver a variant of the quote in immediate postwar Berlin (Remembrance Sunday Andrew Marr interview BBC 2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hP2tpw9XEw
See also Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist, 1939: "Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
In an interview given for the 1983 three-part documentary Der Prozeß by Norddeutscher Rundfunk on the Third Majdanek trial, Simon Wiesenthal attributes the quote to the unpublished auto-biography of Adolf Eichmann. According to Wiesenthal, Eichmann had been asked by another member of the Reich Main Security Office during WWII what they should answer would they be questioned after the war about the millions of dead Jews they were responsible for, to which Eichmann according to his own testimony had replied with the quote.
Misattributed
Varianta: The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.
„Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.“
Někteří lidé se nikdy nezblázní. Jaký hrozný život musí vést.
— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994
Varianta: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
„Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.“
Dvojité myšlení znamená schopnost udržet pohromadě dvě zcela protikladné informace a zároveň oběma pevně věřit.
— George Orwell, kniha 1984
Zdroj: 1984
„But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.“
Ale když myšlení kazí řeč, i řeč může kazit myšlení.
— George Orwell, kniha 1984
"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
Zdroj: 1984
Kontext: But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.
Kontext: All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia. When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer. I should expect to find — this is a guess which I have not sufficient knowledge to verify — that the German, Russian and Italian languages have all deteriorated in the last ten or fifteen years, as a result of dictatorship.
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.
„Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.“
Každá generace si představuje, že je inteligentnější než ta, která byla před ní, a moudřejší než ta, která po ní přichází.
— George Orwell English author and journalist 1903 - 1950
Review of A Coat of Many Colours: Occasional Essays by Herbert Read, Poetry Quarterly (Winter 1945)
Kontext: Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. This is an illusion, and one should recognise it as such, but one ought also to stick to one's own world-view, even at the price of seeming old-fashioned: for that world-view springs out of experiences that the younger generation has not had, and to abandon it is to kill one's intellectual roots.
„Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.“
Vaše nebylo nic, kromě těch par kubických centometrů uvnitř vaši lebky.
— George Orwell, kniha 1984
Zdroj: 1984
„If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.“
Jestliže svoboda slova vůbec něco znamená, potom je to právo říkat lidem to, co nechtějí slyšet.
— George Orwell, kniha Farma zvířat
Sometimes paraphrased as "Liberty is telling people what they do not want to hear."
Varianta: Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Zdroj: Original preface to Animal Farm; as published in George Orwell: Some Materials for a Bibliography (1953) by Ian R. Willison
„The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.“
Nejúčinnějším způsobem, jak zničit lidi, je popřít a zničit vlastní chápání jejich historie.
— George Orwell English author and journalist 1903 - 1950
This is often attributed to George Orwell book 1984. We cannot find it inside. Perharps this is post-mortem paraphrase of his quote "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past".
„Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.“
Kdo ovládá minulost, ovládá budoucnost. Kdo ovládá přítomnost, ovládá minulost.
— George Orwell, kniha 1984
Zdroj: 1984
„Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.“
Politický jazyk je navržen tak, aby lži zněly pravdivě a vraždy byly respektovány, a aby vzbuzoval dojem solídnosti.
— George Orwell, kniha Politics and the English Language
"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
Kontext: Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
„Ignorance never settles a question.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
Zdroj: Speech in the House of Commons (14 May 1866)
„I like good strong words that mean something…“
Mám rád dobrá silná slova, které také něco znamenají …
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Malé ženy
Zdroj: Little Women
„Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.“
— William Cowper (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731 - 1800
„Don't live to fight, fight to live.“
Nežij, abys bojoval. Bojuj, abys žil.
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996
Zdroj: Resurrection, 1971-1996
„It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.“
Není to smrt, které by se měl člověk bát, ale měl by se bát, že nikdy nezačne žít.
— Marcus Aurelius, kniha Hovory k sobě
Zdroj: Meditations
„The sadness will last forever.“
Smutek bude trvat věčně.
— Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890
Attributed to Vincent, as quoted by Theo van gogh in his letter from Paris, to Elisabeth van Gogh, 5 August 1890 http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/21/etc-Theo-Lies.htm
Some of the last words Vincent said to Theo, while dying
1890s
„You're right. I am crazy. But you know what else? I don't care.“
Máš pravdu. Jsem blázen. Ale víš co ještě? Je mi to jedno.
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996
„Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.“
Zkusili jste to. Nepodařilo se. Hoďte to za hlavu. Zkuste to znovu. Znovu se nezdaří. Selžete trochu lépe.
— Samuel Beckett, kniha Worstward Ho
Worstward Ho (1983)
Varianta: Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Kontext: All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
„The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
„The secret of success is constancy to purpose.“
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
Zdroj: Speech at banquet of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, Crystal Palace, London (24 June 1872), cited in "Mr. Disraeli at Sydenham," The Times (25 June 1872), p. 8.
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“
Rodíme se osamoceni, žijeme sami, umíráme sami. Jen skrze lásku a přátelství můžeme na chvíli vytvořit iluzi, že sami nejsme.
— Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985
„Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75.“
— Benjamin Franklin American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, a… 1706 - 1790
„I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.“
Nejsem tím, co se mi přihodilo, ale tím, čím jsem se rozhodl stát.
— C.G. Jung Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology 1875 - 1961
Varianta: I am not what happens to me. I choose who I become.
„Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are“
Chtít být někým jiným je plýtvání tím kým jste.
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
Varianta: Wanting to be someone else is the waste of who you are
„There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.“
Existují tři druhy lží: lži, zatracené lži a statistiky.
— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881
Attributed to Disraeli by Mark Twain in "Chapters from My Autobiography — XX", North American Review No. DCXVIII (JULY 5, 1907) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19987. His attribution is considered unreliable, and the actual origin is uncertain, with one of the earliest known publications of such a phrase being that of Leonard H. Courtney: see Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Misattributed
„Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1)“
Láska je těžká a lehká, jasná a temná, horká a studená, nemocná a zdravá, spící a vzhůru - všechno kromě toho, čím je!
— William Shakespeare, kniha Romeo a Julie
Zdroj: Romeo and Juliet
„When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.“
Když se dostanete na konec svého lana, uvažte na něm uzel a vytrvejte.
— Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States 1809 - 1865
„The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.“
Největší životní lekcí je, že i blbci mají někdy pravdu.
— Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874 - 1965
„Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.“
Slepá víra v autoritu je největším nepřítelem pravdy.
— Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955
Letter to Jost Winteler (1901), quoted in The Private Lives of Albert Einstein by Roger Highfield and Paul Carter (1993), p. 79 http://books.google.com/books?id=zY7FE9ZyDO0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA79#v=onepage&q&f=false. Einstein had been annoyed that Paul Drude, editor of Annalen der Physik, had dismissed out of hand some criticisms Einstein made of Drude's electron theory of metals.
1900s
Varianta: A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.
„Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.“
Přátelství je nejtěžší věc na světě. Není to něco, co se ve škole učíte. Ale pokud jste se nenaučili význam přátelství, opravdu jste se nic nenaučili.
— Muhammad Ali African American boxer, philanthropist and activist 1942 - 2016
„Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.“
— Confucius Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551 - -479 př. n. l.
Originál: (zh_Hant) 巧言令色、鮮矣仁。
Varianta: Someone who is a clever speaker and maintains a 'too-smiley' face is seldom considered a humane person.
Zdroj: The Analects, Chapter I
„I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.“
Šel jsem do nejhorších z barů a doufal, že mě zabijí, ale jediné, co jsem mohl udělat, bylo znovu se opít.
— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994
„If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.“
Pokud skutečně milujete přírodu, najdete krásu ve všem.
— Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890
„To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.“
Vzdělávat člověka v myšlení, ale nikoliv v morálce, je vzdělávat hrozbu společnosti.
— Theodore Roosevelt American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858 - 1919
„It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.“
Známkou vzdělané mysli je, když je schopna si pohrávat s myšlenkou, aniž by ji přijala.
— Aristotle, kniha Metaphysics
Attributed to Aristotle in Lowell L. Bennion, Religion and the Pursuit of Truth http://books.google.gr/books?id=2HPUAAAAMAAJ&q=, Deseret Book Company, 1959, p. 52, and in American Opinion, Volume 24 http://books.google.gr/books?id=irofAQAAMAAJ&q=, Robert Welch, Inc., 1981, p. 23. Possibly a discombobulation http://publicnoises.blogspot.fi/2009/02/aristotle-and-accuracy.html of the Nicomachean Ethics Book I, 1094b.24 quote above.
Disputed
Zdroj: Metaphysics
„There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.“
Existují dva způsoby, jak žít život. Ten první je myslet si, že nic není zázrak. Ten druhý je myslet si, že všechno je zázrak.
— Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955
As quoted in Journal of France and Germany (1942–1944) by Gilbert Fowler White, in excerpt published in Living with Nature's Extremes: The Life of Gilbert Fowler White (2006) by Robert E. Hinshaw, p. 62. From the context http://books.google.com/books?id=_2qfZRp9SeEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false it seems that White did not specify whether he had heard Einstein himself say this or whether he was repeating a quote that had been passed along by someone else, so without a primary source the validity of this quote should be considered questionable.
Some have argued that elsewhere Einstein defined a "miracle" as a type of event he did not believe was possible—Einstein on Religion by Max Jammer (1999) quotes on p. 89 from a 1931 conversation Einstein had with David Reichinstein, where Reichinstein brought up philosopher Arthur Liebert's argument that the indeterminism of quantum mechanics might allow for the possibility of miracles, and Einstein replied that Liebert's argument dealt "with a domain in which lawful rationality [determinism] does not exist. A 'miracle,' however, is an exception from lawfulness; hence, there where lawfulness does not exist, also its exception, i.e., a miracle, cannot exist." ("Dort, wo eine Gesetzmässigkeit nicht vorhanden ist, kann auch ihre Ausnahme, d.h. ein Wunder, nicht existieren." D. Reichenstein, Die Religion der Gebildeten (1941), p. 21). However, it is clear from the context that Einstein was stating only that miracles cannot exist in a domain (quantum mechanics) where lawful rationality does not exist. He did not claim that miracles could never exist in any domain. Indeed, Einstein clearly believed, as seen in many quotations above, that the universe was comprehensible and rational, but he also described this characteristic of the universe as a "miracle". In another example, he is quoted as claiming belief in a God, "Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world."
As quoted in From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter (1993) by David T. Dellinger, p. 418
Disputed
Varianta: There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Varianta: There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
„Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.“
Tady je moje tajemství. Je jednoduché. Správně vidíme jedině srdcem; to nejdůležitější je očím neviditelné.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, kniha Malý princ
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
Variant translations: Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.
The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart.
Le Petit Prince (1943)
„The secret to getting ahead is getting started.“
Tajemství, jak se posouvat dál, je začít.
— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910
„Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.“
Počítejte svůj věk přáteli, ne roky. Hodnoť svůj život počtem úsměvů, nikoliv slz.
— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980
„Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.“
Činnost nemusí vždy přinést štěstí, ale bez činu není štěstí.
— William James American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842 - 1910
„Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.“
Dřina zachraňuje krev, krev zachraňuje životy. A zdravý rozum zachraňuje obojí.
— Erwin Rommel German field marshal of World War II 1891 - 1944
„I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.“
Myslím, že každý je divný. Všichni bychom měli oslavovat naši individualitu a neměli bychom se za ni stydět nebo se za ni cítit trapně.
— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963
— Amy Bloom Fiction writer, screenwriter, social worker, psychotherapist 1953
„Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.“
Poznání sebe sama je počátkem vší moudrosti.
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -321 př. n. l.
„Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.“
— Leo Tolstoy Russian writer 1828 - 1910
„Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.“
Život může být pochopen jen pohledem nazpět, ale prožíván musí být směrem kupředu.
— Sören Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813 - 1855
Varianta: Life can only be understood going backward, but must be lived going forward.
„It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.“
Je lepší být naprosto směšný než naprosto nudný.
— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962
Varianta: Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
„We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.“
Všichni máme dva životy. Druhý začíná, když si uvědomíte, že máte pouze jeden.
— Tom Hiddleston English actor, producer and musical performer 1981
„There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.“
Existují dva způsoby útočiště před bídou světa - hudba a kočky.
— Albert Schweitzer French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher 1875 - 1965
Varianta: There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
„A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.“
— John Steinbeck, kniha Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Zdroj: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
„If I know what love is, it is because of you.“
Jestli poznám, co je to láska, tak díky tobě.
— Hermann Hesse, kniha Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
„I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.“
Mám také pocity. Jsem stále člověk. Vše, co chci, je být milovaný, pro sebe a pro svůj talent.
— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962
„Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.“
— Woody Allen American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician 1935
„A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.“
Sen, o kterém sníte sami, je pouze snem.
Sen, o kterém sníte společně, je realitou.
— Yoko Ono Japanese artist, author, and peace activist 1933
A line written by Ono many years before, and quoted by Lennon in December 1980, as quoted in All We Are Saying : The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (2000) by John Lennon, Yōko Ono, David Sheff, p. 16.
Zdroj: Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings
„Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.“
— Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer 1942
„Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.“
Někteří lidé cítí déšť. Ostatní jen zmoknou.
— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981
„You feel your strength in the experience of pain.“
Svou sílu cítíte, když prožíváte bolest.
— Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors 1943 - 1971
„What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence.“
To, co drží mé srdce nahoře, je barevné ticho.
— Claude Monet French impressionist painter 1840 - 1926
„If people talk behind your back, it's because you're ahead of them.“
Pokud lidé o tobě mluví za tvým zády, je to proto, že stojíš před nimi.
— Zayn Malik British singer 1993
„As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.“
Obvykle za každým idiotem stojí velká žena.
— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980
„There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.“
Na této zemi není nic cennějšího, než skutečné přátelství.
— Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church 1225 - 1274
„Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.“
Život je opravdu jednoduchý, ale trváme na jeho zkomplikování.
— Confucius Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551 - -479 př. n. l.
Attributed on the internet but not found in print prior to an attribution in Aero Digest, Vols. 58–59, 1949, p. 115 https://books.google.com/books?id=q2ofAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Life+is+simple%22+but+we+insist+on+making+it+complicated&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Life+is+simple%22+
Misattributed, Not Chinese
„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“
Rodíme se osamoceni, žijeme sami, umíráme sami. Jen skrze lásku a přátelství můžeme na chvíli vytvořit iluzi, že sami nejsme.
— Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985
„Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.“
Tvé nahé tělo by mělo patřit jedině těm, kteří se zamilují do tvé nahé duše.
— Charlie Chaplin British comic actor and filmmaker 1889 - 1977
„If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.“
Pokud skutečně milujete přírodu, najdete krásu ve všem.
— Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890
„Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.“
Temnota nemůže vyhnat temnotu, to dokáže jen světlo. Nenávist nemůže vyhnat nenávist, to dokáže jen láska.
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
'Where Do We Go From Here?" as published in Where Do We Go from Here : Chaos or Community? (1967), p. 62; many statements in this book, or slight variants of them, were also part of his address Where Do We Go From Here?" which has a section below. A common variant appearing at least as early as 1968 has "Returning violence for violence multiplies violence..." An early version of the speech as published in A Martin Luther King Treasury (1964), p. 173, has : "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate..."
1960s
Zdroj: A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Kontext: The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. … Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
„Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.“
Nechť je krása toho, co milujete, tím, co děláte.
— Rumi Iranian poet 1207 - 1273
As quoted in Path for Greatness : Spiritualty at Work (2000) by Linda J. Ferguson, p. 51
„The sadness will last forever.“
Smutek bude trvat věčně.
— Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890
Attributed to Vincent, as quoted by Theo van gogh in his letter from Paris, to Elisabeth van Gogh, 5 August 1890 http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/21/etc-Theo-Lies.htm
Some of the last words Vincent said to Theo, while dying
1890s
„We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.“
Všichni máme dva životy. Druhý začíná, když si uvědomíte, že máte pouze jeden.
— Tom Hiddleston English actor, producer and musical performer 1981
„Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.“
Zkusili jste to. Nepodařilo se. Hoďte to za hlavu. Zkuste to znovu. Znovu se nezdaří. Selžete trochu lépe.
— Samuel Beckett, kniha Worstward Ho
Worstward Ho (1983)
Varianta: Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Kontext: All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
„Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.“
Někteří lidé cítí déšť. Ostatní jen zmoknou.
— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981
„If people talk behind your back, it's because you're ahead of them.“
Pokud lidé o tobě mluví za tvým zády, je to proto, že stojíš před nimi.
— Zayn Malik British singer 1993
„We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.“
Všichni máme dva životy. Druhý začíná, když si uvědomíte, že máte pouze jeden.
— Tom Hiddleston English actor, producer and musical performer 1981
„Don't live to fight, fight to live.“
Nežij, abys bojoval. Bojuj, abys žil.
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996
Zdroj: Resurrection, 1971-1996
„Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.“
Dřina zachraňuje krev, krev zachraňuje životy. A zdravý rozum zachraňuje obojí.
— Erwin Rommel German field marshal of World War II 1891 - 1944
„You can achieve anything in life. It just depends on how desperate you are to achieve it.“
— Milkha Singh Indian track and field athlete 1935
The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)
„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“
Rodíme se osamoceni, žijeme sami, umíráme sami. Jen skrze lásku a přátelství můžeme na chvíli vytvořit iluzi, že sami nejsme.
— Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985
„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“
Rodíme se osamoceni, žijeme sami, umíráme sami. Jen skrze lásku a přátelství můžeme na chvíli vytvořit iluzi, že sami nejsme.
— Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985
„There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.“
Na této zemi není nic cennějšího, než skutečné přátelství.
— Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church 1225 - 1274
„Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.“
Nebojte se nepřátel, kteří na vás útočí. Obávejte se přátel, kteří vám lichotí.
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Zdroj: How to Win Friends and Influence People
„There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.“
Ve vašem srdci je magnet, který přitahuje opravdové přátele. Tímto magnetem je nesobeckost, která myslí především na druhé; když se naučíte žít pro druhé, budou oni žít pro vás.
— Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952
„In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.“
Na konci si nebudeme pamatovat slova našich nepřátel, ale mlčení našich přátel.
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
1960s, The Trumpet of Conscience (1967)
Varianta: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
