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Sigmund Freud foto

“A woman should soften but not weaken a man.”
Žena by měla muže obměkčit, ale ne oslabit.

Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

Often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt without an original source in her writings, for example in the introduction to It Seems to Me : Selected Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt (2001) by Leonard C. Schlup and Donald W. Whisenhunt, p. 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=UeFWjTMcLZYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false. But archivists have not been able to find the quote in any of her writings, see the comment from Ralph Keyes in The Quote Verifier above.
Disputed

Abraham Lincoln foto

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”
Mnohokrát jsem padl na kolena z přesvědčení, že už nemám kam jít. Moje vlastní moudrost a moudrost všech kolem mě mi ten den připadala nedostatečná.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

Noah Brooks, scribe for the Sacramento Union, writing in the Harper’s Weekly for July 1865, 3 months after Lincoln had died, reported that the Lincoln once said this, at an unspecified date; as reported in "Did Abraham Lincoln Actually Say That Obama Quote?" by James M. Cornelius, The Daily Beast (9 August 2012) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/08/did-abraham-lincoln-actually-say-that-obama-quote.html
Posthumous attributions

Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”
Bojíme se starat o druhé kvůli strachu, že se druzí nestarají o nás.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Wayne W. Dyer foto

“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”
Když soudíš druhého, nedefinuješ jeho, ale sám sebe.

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Evelyn Underhill foto

“If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.”
Kdyby byl Bůh dost malý na to, aby byl pochopen, nebyl by dost velký na to, aby byl uctíván.

Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) British saint, poet, novelist
James Baldwin foto

“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
Každý, kdo se někdy potýkal s chudobou, ví, jak nesmírně nákladné je být chudý.

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States

"Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a Letter from Harlem" in Esquire (July 1960); republished in Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961)

Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”
Přátelství se sebou samým je velmi důležité, protože bez něj se člověk nemůže začít přátelit s nikým jiným na světě.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

As quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio, p. 130

Marilyn Monroe foto

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
Měli bychom všichni začít žít, než příliš zestárneme. Strach je hloupost. Stejně jako lítost.

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

“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”
Tam, kde všichni myslí stejně, nikdo moc nepřemýšlí.

Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) American journalist

The Stakes of Diplomacy http://books.google.com/books?id=cyFMAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Where+all+think+alike+no+one+thinks+very+much%22&pg=PA51#v=onepage (1915)

Robert A. Heinlein foto

“Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful -- just stupid.)”
Hřích spočívá pouze v tom, že zbytečně ubližujeme druhým lidem. Všechny ostatní "hříchy" jsou vymyšlené nesmysly. Ubližovat sám sobě není hřích - je to jen hloupost.

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

Mark Twain foto

“"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.”
"Klasika.” - Kniha, kterou lidé chválí a nečtou.

Mark Twain kniha Following the Equator

Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XXV
Following the Equator (1897)

Theodore Roosevelt foto

“The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
Člověk, který nikdy nedělá chyby, je člověk, který nikdy nedělá nic.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States

As quoted by Jacob A. Riis in Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen (1904), chapter XVI A Young Men's Hero http://www.bartleby.com/206/16.html
1900s

Woody Allen citát: “I'm not anti-social. I'm just not social.”
Woody Allen foto

“I'm not anti-social. I'm just not social.”
Nejsem asociál. Jsem jen nespolečenský.

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

“I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.”
Přijímám chaos, ale nejsem si jistý, zda on přijímá mě.

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Charles Bukowski foto

“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.”
Vzpomínám si, jak jsem se jednou ráno probudil a zjistil, že všechno je rozmazané barvou zapomenuté lásky.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Zdroj: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

Oscar Wilde foto

“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.”
Amerika je jedinou zemí, která se dostala od barbarství k dekadenci, aniž by mezi tím proběhla civilizace.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Leonardo Da Vinci foto

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
Studium bez touhy kazí paměť a neuchovává nic, co přijalo.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
George Bernard Shaw foto

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
Život není o nalezení sebe sama. Život je o vytvoření sebe sama.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Varianta: Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

John Lennon foto

“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.”
Neomezená nehynoucí láska, která kolem mě září jako milion sluncí, mě volá dál a dál napříč vesmírem.

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
George Harrison foto

“If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there.”
Pokud nevíte, kam jdete, každá cesta vás tam dovede.

George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles
William Faulkner foto

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
Chceme být volní ne proto, že vyžadujeme svobodu, ale proto, že ji praktikujeme.

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

Zdroj: Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

George Carlin foto

“I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.”
Mám stejnou autoritu jako papež, jen tomu nevěří tolik lidí.

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

Books, Brain Droppings (1997)

Oscar Wilde foto

“Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
Vzdělání je obdivuhodná věc. Je však dobré si čas od času připomenout, že věci co stojí za to znát se naučit nedají.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Anne Bradstreet foto

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
Kdybychom neměli zimu, jaro by nebylo tak příjemné, kdybychom občas nezakusili nepřízeň osudu, prosperita by nebyla tak vítaná.

Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) Anglo-American poet

14.
Meditations Divine and Moral (1664)
Zdroj: The Works of Anne Bradstreet

Galileo Galilei foto

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
Necítím se vázán věřit, že tentýž Bůh, který nás obdařil smysly, rozumem a inteligencí, by chtěl, abychom jich nevyužili.

Galileo Galilei Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina

Varianta: I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
Zdroj: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615)
Kontext: I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
Kontext: I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.<!-- ¶22

Stephen R. Covey foto

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
Nejsem produktem prostředí, v němž žiji. Jsem výsledkem svých rozhodnutí.

Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
William Shakespeare foto

“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
Je více věcí na nebi a zemi, o kterých se vašim filozofům nesní, Horacio.

Zdroj: Hamlet

Swami Vivekananda foto

“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
Jsme tím, čím nás učinily naše myšlenky, a proto si dávejte pozor na to, co si myslíte. Slova jsou druhotná. Myšlenky žijí, cestují daleko.

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
Michael Ende foto

“What I've started I must finish. I've gone too far to turn back. Regardless of what may happen, I have to go forward.”
Co jsem začal, musím dokončit. Zašel jsem příliš daleko na to, abych se vrátil. Bez ohledu na to, co se může stát, musím jít dál.

Michael Ende kniha Nekonečný příběh

Zdroj: The Neverending Story

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
Ve vašem těle je více moudrosti než ve vaší nejhlubší filozofii.

Friedrich Nietzsche kniha Tak pravil Zarathustra

Zdroj: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Kris Kristofferson foto

“I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.”
Vyměnil bych všechny své zítřky za jeden jediný včerejšek.

Kris Kristofferson (1936) American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
John Steinbeck foto

“Anything that just costs money is cheap.”
Všechno, co jen stojí peníze, je levné.

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer
Doris Lessing foto

“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
Ať už máš udělat cokoli, udělej to hned. Předpoklady jsou vždy nesplnitelné.

Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
Franz Kafka foto

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
Mnoho knih je jako klíč k neznámým komorám na hradě vlastního já.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Martin Luther King, Jr. foto

“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, cruelly mocked, but it an never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
Na důstojnost lze útočit, vandalizovat ji, krutě se jí vysmívat, ale nikdy ji nelze odejmout, pokud se jí člověk nevzdá.

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

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
Všechno na světě je o sexu, kromě sexu. Sex je o moci.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Simone de Beauvoir foto

“She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.”
Byla připravena popřít existenci prostoru a času, spíše než připustit, že láska nemusí být věčná.

Simone de Beauvoir kniha The Mandarins

Zdroj: The Mandarins

T.S. Eliot foto

“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.”
Většinu zla na tomto světě páchají lidé s dobrými úmysly.

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
George Orwell foto

“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
Čtyři nohy dobře, dvě špatně.

George Orwell kniha Farma zvířat

Zdroj: Animal Farm

Octavia E. Butler foto

“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.”
Když vás dusí vztek, je nejlepší nic neříkat.

Octavia E. Butler Fledgling

Zdroj: Fledgling

John Milton foto

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
Lepší vládnout v pekle, než sloužit v nebi.

John Milton kniha Ztracený ráj

Varianta: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Zdroj: Paradise Lost

Susan B. Anthony foto

“No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.”
Žádný člověk není dost dobrý na to, aby vládl ženě bez jejího souhlasu.

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American women's rights activist
Jean Paul Sartre foto

“We are our choices.”
Jsme naše volby.

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“In the mountains of truth you will never climb in vain: either you will get up higher today or you will exercise your strength so as to be able to get up higher tomorrow.”
V horách pravdy nikdy nelezeš zbytečně: buď dnes vystoupíš výš, nebo budeš trénovat své síly, abys zítra mohl vystoupit výš.

Friedrich Nietzsche kniha Human, All Too Human

II.293, maxim 358 http://books.google.kz/books?id=Nl-vaAdJD3MC&pg=PA293&dq=%22In+the+mountains+of+truth+you+will+never+climb+in+vain%22&hl=en
Human, All Too Human (1878)

Pablo Picasso foto

“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”
Ostatní viděli, co je, a ptali se proč. Já jsem viděl, co by mohlo být, a ptal jsem se proč ne.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

Zdroj: Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972

Stephen King foto

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
Cesta do pekla je dlážděna příslovci.

Stephen King (1947) American author

Zdroj: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

William Shakespeare foto

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.”
I když je to šílenství, je v tom metoda.

Zdroj: Hamlet

Bruce Lee foto

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”
Láska je jako přátelství ulovené v ohni. Na začátku plamen, velmi pěkný, často horký a divoký, ale stále jen světlo a blikání. Jak láska roste, naše srdce dozrávají a naše láska se stává uhlíkem, hluboko hořící a neuhasitelným.

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
George Orwell foto

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
Pokud si chcete zachovat tajemství, musíte je také skrýt před sebou.

George Orwell kniha 1984

Varianta: For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.
Zdroj: 1984

Pablo Picasso foto

“It takes a very long time to become young.”
Stát se mladým, trvá velmi dlouho.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

On met très longtemps à devenir jeune.
As quoted by Jean Cocteau The Hand of a Stranger (Journal d'un Inconnu). Horizon Press. 1959 [1953]. http://books.google.com/books?id=HxBJAQAAIAAJ
1950s

F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one… just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
Vždycky když dostaneš chuť někoho kritizovat, vzpomeň si, že všichni lidé na tomhle světě neměli takové výhody jako ty.

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

Quoted, The Great Gatsby (1925)

Gloria Steinem foto

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.”
Bez skoků v představivosti a snění, ztrácíme vzrušení z možností. Snění, je koneckonců forma plánování.

Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist
Richard Bach foto

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”
Každý problém má v rukou dar pro vás.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
George Orwell foto

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
Byl jasný, studený dubnový den a hodiny odbíjely třináctou.

George Orwell kniha 1984

Zdroj: 1984

Erich Maria Remarque foto

“Good or ill, life is life; you only realize that when you have to risk it.”
Ať už v dobrém, nebo ve zlém, život je život; to si uvědomíte, až když ho musíte riskovat.

Erich Maria Remarque kniha Černý obelisk

Zdroj: The Black Obelisk

Oscar Wilde foto

“I love acting. It is so much more real than life.”
Miluji herectví. Je mnohem reálnější než život.

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Bob Dylan foto

“No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.”
Nikdo není svobodný, dokonce i ptáci jsou připoutáni k nebi.

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Oscar Wilde foto

“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
Nechci být vydán na milost a nemilost svým emocím. Chci je používat, užívat si je a ovládat je.

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Charles Baudelaire foto

“Do not look for my heart any more; the beasts have eaten it.”
Už více nehledej mé srdce; snědli ho bestie.

Charles Baudelaire kniha Les Fleurs du mal

Ne cherchez plus mon cœur; des monstres l’ont mangé.
"Causerie" [Conversation] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal/1857/Causerie
Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)
Zdroj: Les Fleurs du Mal

Virginia Woolf foto

“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. --Bernard, The Waves”
Někteří lidé chodí ke kněžím, jiní k poezii, já ke svým přátelům.

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer
William Shakespeare foto

“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Hvězdy, potemněte; nechť na světlo nevyjdou mé temné touhy.

Zdroj: Macbeth

Martin Luther King, Jr. foto

“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”
Žádný člověk nemá právo kazit tvé sny.

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

“[Speaking of computers] But they are useless. They can only give you answers.”
Počítače jsou k ničemu. Dokáží pouze poskytovat odpovědi.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

As discussed in this entry from Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/05/computers-useless/#more-2932, the origin seems to be the article "Pablo Picasso: A Composite Interview" by William Fifield which appeared in The Paris Review 32, Summer-Fall 1964, and collected a number of interviews Fifield had done with Picasso.
Common later variant: "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." This variant seems to have arisen in the 1980s, the earliest known appearance in a book is Herman Feshbach, "Reflections on the Microprocessor Revolution: A Physicist's Viewpoint", in Man and Technology (1983), ed. Bruce M. Adkins, where the attribution is described as "rumoured". http://books.google.com/books?id=9EohAQAAIAAJ&q=Picasso
1960s

George Bernard Shaw foto

“Youth is wasted on the young.”
Mládí se plýtvá na mladé.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Hunter S. Thompson foto

“I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.”
Piju mnohem méně, než si většina lidí myslí, a myslím mnohem více, než by si většina lidí myslela.

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

Zdroj: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Luciano De Crescenzo foto
William Shakespeare foto

“You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”
To, co říkáš, je nekonečné množství ničeho.

William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice

Zdroj: The Merchant of Venice

Lorrie Moore foto

“You are unhappy because you believe in such a thing as happy.”
Jste nešťastní, protože v něco takového, jako je štěstí, věříte.

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer
René Descartes foto
Gabriel García Márquez foto

“Each man is master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.”
Každý člověk je pánem své vlastní smrti a jediné, co můžeme udělat, když přijde čas, je pomoci mu zemřít beze strachu z bolesti.

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
John Dewey foto

“The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.”
"Já" není něco hotového, ale něco, co se neustále utváří volbou jednání.

John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
John Lennon foto

“Love is the flower you've got to let grow.”
Láska je květina, kterou musíte nechat růst.

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

Zdroj: Lyrics, Mind Games (1973)
Kontext: We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil.
Doing the mind guerrilla,
Some call it magic — the search for the grail.

Love is the answer and you know that for sure.
Love is a flower, you got to let it — you got to let it grow.

Joan Didion foto

“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”
Osvobození od očekávání druhých, návrat zpět k sobě - v tom spočívá velká a jedinečná síla sebeúcty.

Joan Didion (1934) American writer
Pablo Picasso foto

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
Inspirace existuje, ale musí vás najít při práci.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

La inspiración existe, pero tiene que encontrarte trabajando.
Attributed from posthumous publications
Zdroj: Tomás R. Villasante (1994), Las ciudades hablan: identidades y movimientos sociales en seis metrópolis latinoamericanas. p. 264.

Arthur Schopenhauer foto

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
Muž může být sám sebou, pouze pokud je sám; a pokud nemiluje samotu, nebude milovat svobodu; protože jen když je sám, je skutečně svobodný.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

Zdroj: Essays and Aphorisms

George Orwell foto

“Wherever there is an enforced orthodoxy — or even two orthodoxies, as often happens — good writing stops.”
Kdekoli existuje vynucená ortodoxie - nebo dokonce dvě ortodoxie, jak se často stává -, se dobré psaní končí.

George Orwell kniha 1984

"The Prevention of Literature" (1946)
Zdroj: 1984
Kontext: Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. Such a society, no matter how long it persists, can never afford to become either tolerant or intellectually stable. It can never permit either the truthful recording of facts or the emotional sincerity that literary creation demands. But to be corrupted by totalitarianism one does not have to live in a totalitarian country. The mere prevalence of certain ideas can spread a kind of poison that makes one subject after another impossible for literary purposes. Wherever there is an enforced orthodoxy — or even two orthodoxies, as often happens — good writing stops. This was well illustrated by the Spanish civil war. To many English intellectuals the war was a deeply moving experience, but not an experience about which they could write sincerely. There were only two things that you were allowed to say, and both of them were palpable lies: as a result, the war produced acres of print but almost nothing worth reading.

Oscar Wilde foto

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
Veřejnost je neuvěřitelně tolerantní; omlouvá všechno kromě geniality.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Zdroj: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

John Steinbeck foto

“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
Veškerá válka je příznakem selhání člověka jako myslícího zvířete.

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer

“To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people.”
Abychom mohli žít naplno, musíme se naučit využívat věci a milovat lidi, a ne milovat věci a využívat lidi.

John Powell (1645–1713) American Jesuit priest

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
Nic vám nemůže přinést klid, jen vy sami.

Dale Carnegie kniha How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Zdroj: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Charles Baudelaire foto

“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
Vždy buďte básníkem, dokonce i v próze.

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet
Diana Gabaldon foto

“All I want, is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I love you - just because I am.”
Chci jen, abys mě miloval. Ne kvůli tomu, co umím, jak vypadám nebo že tě miluju - prostě proto, že jsem.

Diana Gabaldon kniha A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Zdroj: A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Gerald Durrell foto

“A house is not a home until it has a dog.”
Dům není domovem, dokud v něm není pes.

Gerald Durrell (1925–1995) naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter
Anthony Robbins foto

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
Abychom mohli efektivně komunikovat, musíme si uvědomit, že každý z nás vnímá svět jinak, a na základě tohoto poznání se musíme při komunikaci s ostatními řídit.

Anthony Robbins kniha Unlimited Power

Varianta: To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Zdroj: Unlimited Power (1986), p. 237

Terry Pratchett foto

“Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.”
Sklo se někdy třpytí víc než diamanty, protože toho musí dokázat více.

Terry Pratchett kniha Pravda

Zdroj: The Truth

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.”
V nebi nejsou žádní zajímaví lidé.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
John Steinbeck foto

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
A teď, když nemusíte být perfektní, můžete být dobří.

John Steinbeck kniha Na východ od ráje

Zdroj: East of Eden

Maya Angelou foto

“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
Mezi pravdou a fakty je velký rozdíl. Fakta mohou zastírat pravdu.

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Crazy Horse foto

“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
Zemi, po níž chodí lidé, nikdo neprodává.

Crazy Horse (1840–1877) Oglala Sioux chief

As quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) by Dee Brown, Ch. 12

Albert Camus foto

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.”
Víte, co je to šarm: způsob, jak získat odpověď "ano", aniž byste položili jasnou otázku.

Albert Camus kniha The Fall

The Fall (1956)

Ludwig von Mises foto

“The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.”
Kritériem pravdy je, že funguje, i když ji nikdo není ochoten uznat.

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) austrian economist

Zdroj: The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science (1962), Chapter 5: On Some Popular Errors Concerning the Scope and Method of Economics, § 9 : The Belief in the Omnipotence of Thought

Léon Bloy foto

“There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint.”
Na konci je pouze jedna tragédie - nestat se svatým.

Léon Bloy (1846–1917) French writer, poet and essayist

In Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Peter Kreeft

Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ignatius Press, 2001 https://books.google.com/books?id=VZ-xgfJkNNgC&pg=PA89&dq=%22There+is+only+one+tragedy+in+the+end,+not+to+have+been+a+saint%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIrLb4nOL6yAIVhjk-Ch1XSQVB#v=onepage&q=%22There%20is%20only%20one%20tragedy%20in%20the%20end%2C%20not%20to%20have%20been%20a%20saint%22&f=false

Dante Alighieri foto

“As the thing more perfect is,
The more it feels of pleasure and of pain.”

Čím větší dokonalost žive, tím větší blaho tak i bolest cítí.

Dante Alighieri kniha Peklo

Canto VI, lines 107–108 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno

Elfriede Jelinek foto

“Sometimes, of course, art creates the suffering in the first place.”
Někdy je ovšem umění v první řadě příčinou utrpení.

Elfriede Jelinek kniha The Piano Teacher

P 23
The Piano Teacher (1988)

Seneca the Younger foto

“No one is able to rule unless he is also able to be ruled.”
Nikdo nemůže vládnout, pokud není schopen vydržet být ovládán.

Seneca the Younger Moral Essays

De Ira (On Anger): Book 2, cap. 15, line 4
Compare with the following : No man ruleth safely but that he is willingly ruled.
From The Imitation of Christ, Liber I, cap. 20 (Of the Love of Solitude and Silence), line 2 : by Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471).
Moral Essays

Joanne K. Rowling foto

“The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.”
Svět je plný úžasných věcí, které jste ještě neviděli. Nikdy se nevzdávejte šance, že je uvidíte.

Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series

Online tweet, in response to an extremely depressed person contemplating https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/595148783056527360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etonline.com%2Fnews%2F163965_jk_rowling_sends_beautiful_message_to_fan_who_wants_to_finally_give_up%2F suicide, as quoted in "J.K. Rowling Sends Beautiful Message to Fan Who Wants to 'Finally Give Up'" by Alex Ungerman ET Online (5 May 2015) http://www.etonline.com/news/163965_jk_rowling_sends_beautiful_message_to_fan_who_wants_to_finally_give_up/
2010s

Rumi foto

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”
Každý člověk byl stvořen pro určitou práci a touha po ní byla vložena do srdce každého z nás.

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

As quoted in Marry Your Muse : Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity (1997) by Jan Phillips, p. 75

T. B. Joshua foto

“People will challenge you, question you, try to get you off track. Don't listen to the temptation to act out of character.”
Lidé vás budou zpochybňovat, ptát se vás, snažit se vás vyvést z míry. Nepodléhejte pokušení chovat se nestandardně.

T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader

On temptation - "'ATTRIBUTING THE SATELLITES SUCCESS TO ME IS BLASPHEMY' – T.B. JOSHUA" http://www.modernghana.com/print/247180/1/attributing-the-satellites-success-to-me-is-blasph.html Modern Ghana (November 4 2009)

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