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George Ohsawa foto

“Sickness is the first warning that we have made a wrong judgement. A healthy person is never unhappy.”
Nemoc je prvním varováním, že jsme udělali špatné rozhodnutí. Zdravý člověk není nikdy nešťastný.

George Ohsawa (1893–1966) twentieth century Japanese philosopher

Zdroj: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 77

Seneca the Younger foto

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
Chudým není muž, který má něčeho nedostatek, ale muž který, který touží po něčem víc.

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

Zdroj: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter II: On discursiveness in reading, Line 6.

Louis C.K. foto

“The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them.”
Nejtěžší je žít s výčitkami, že jste někomu ublížili. A já si jen stěží dokážu představit, jaký rozsah ublížení jsem ostatním způsobil.

Louis C.K. (1967) American comedian and actor
Emil M. Cioran foto

“After all, why should ordinary people want to contemplate the End, especially when we see the condition of those who do?”
Koneckonců, proč by obyčejní lidé měli chtít uvažovat o konci, zvláště když vidíme, v jakém stavu jsou ti, kteří o něm uvažují?

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

Drawn and Quartered (1983)

Honoré de Balzac foto

“Man dies in despair while the Spirit dies in ecstasy.”
Člověk umírá v zoufalství, zatímco duch umírá v extázi.

Honoré de Balzac kniha Séraphîta

Zdroj: Seraphita (1835), Ch. 3: Seraphita - Seraphitus.

Confucius foto

“Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.”
Nedělejte druhým to, co nechcete, aby dělali vám.

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

Varianta: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Zdroj: The Analects, Other chapters, Chapter XVː23

Emil M. Cioran foto

“Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!”
Filozofie nabízí protilátku proti melancholii. A mnozí stále věří v hloubku filozofie!

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

All Gall Is Divided (1952)

Emil M. Cioran foto

“Man is fulfilled only when he ceases to be man.”
Člověk se naplní teprve tehdy, když přestane být člověkem.

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

Drawn and Quartered (1983)

T. B. Joshua foto

“No matter how fast a lie runs, the truth will someday overtake it.”
Nezáleží na tom, jak rychle lež běží, pravda ji jednou předstihne.

T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader

On lies and truth - "TB Joshua Rejects Courts Findings, Insists Building Collapse Was A Sabotage" http://citifmonline.com/2015/07/10/tb-joshua-rejects-courts-findings-insists-building-collapse-a-sabotage/ Citi FM, Ghana (July 10 2015)

Hirohito foto

“To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations as well as the security and well-being of Our subjects is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by Our Imperial Ancestors and which lies close to Our heart.”
Usilovat o společný blahobyt a štěstí všech národů, stejně jako o bezpečnost a dobro našich poddaných, je slavnostní závazek, který nám předali naši císařští předkové a který nám leží na srdci.

Hirohito Jewel Voice Broadcast

Gyokuon-hōsō (1945)

Emil M. Cioran foto

“What are you waiting for in order to give up?”
Na co čekáte, abyste to vzdali?

Emil M. Cioran kniha The Trouble With Being Born

The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

José Martí foto

“Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy.”
Lidstvo se skládá ze dvou druhů lidí - těch, kteří milují a tvoří, a těch, kteří nenávidí a ničí.

José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader

"Letter to a Cuban Farmer" (1893)

Laozi foto

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Dej člověku rybu a nasytíš ho na celý den. Naučte ho rybařit a nasytíte ho na celý život.

Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…

This quotation has been misattributed to Laozi; its origin is actually unknown (see "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" on Wiktionary). This quotation has also been misattributed to Confucius and Guan Zhong.
Misattributed

Jacques Prevért foto
Alfred Nobel foto

“Justice is to be found only in the imagination.”
Spravedlnost lze nalézt pouze v představivosti.

Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) Swedish chemist, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
Naguib Mahfouz foto

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
Podle odpovědí poznáte, zda je člověk chytrý. Podle otázek poznáte, zda je člověk moudrý.

Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) Egyptian writer

Cited in: Michael J. Gelb (1996) Thinking for a change: discovering the power to create, communicate and lead. p. 96

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe foto

“Investigate what is, and not what pleases.”
Zkoumejte to, co je, a ne to, co se vám líbí.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe kniha Der Versuch als Vermittler von Objekt und Subjekt

Untersuchen was ist, und nicht was behagt
Der Versuch als Vermittler von Objekt und Subjekt (The Attempt as Mediator of Object and Subject) (1792)

Greg Egan foto

“If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over agaain.”
Pokud strávíme všechen čas tím, že se díváme na zázraky před námi, aniž bychom si uvědomili, kde stojíme právě teď, zakopneme a padneme na hubu, znovu a znovu.

Greg Egan (1961) Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmer

Zdroj: Fiction, Zendegi (2010), Ch. 1

B.F. Skinner foto

“Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.”
Společnost útočí brzo, když je jedinec bezmocný.

B.F. Skinner Walden Two

Walden Two (1948), p. 95.

Shahrukh Khan foto

“I've been there, done it all. I'm very clear about my priorities as an entertainer. I want the audience to feel good when they watch me. That's what I'm paid for. Why should I sell anything else?”
Zažil jsem to všechno. Mám jasno v tom, jaké jsou mé priority jako baviče. Chci, aby se diváci při tom, jak mě sledují, cítili dobře. Za to jsem placený. Proč bych měl prodávat něco jiného?

Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality

From interview with Subhash K. Jha

Sri Chinmoy foto

“Man forgets. God forgives. Man forgets God's Truth. God forgives man's ignorance.”
Člověk zapomíná. Bůh odpouští. Člověk zapomíná na Boží pravdu. Bůh odpouští lidskou nevědomost.

Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru

Songs of the Soul (1971)

Timothy Leary foto

“If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.”
Chcete-li změnit způsob, jakým lidé reagují na vás, změňte způsob, jakým reagujete vy na lidi.

Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist

Changing My Mind, Among Others (1982)

Pythagoras foto

“A fool is known by his Speech; and a wise man by Silence.”
Blázna poznáš podle řeči, moudrého podle mlčení.

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher

The Sayings of the Wise (1555)

Chinmayananda Saraswati foto

“Efficiency is the capacity to bring proficiency into expression.”
Efektivita je schopnost vnést do projevu zručnost.

Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Yuval Noah Harari foto
Jean Paul Sartre foto

“There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.”
Existují dva typy chudých lidí: ti, kteří jsou chudí společně, a ti, kteří jsou chudí sami. Ti první jsou skuteční chudí, ti druzí jsou bohatí lidé, kteří mají smůlu.

Jean Paul Sartre kniha The Devil and the Good Lord

Act 4, sc. 5
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)

Edgar Allan Poe foto

“Sleep. Those little slices of death. How I loathe them.”
Spánek. Ty malé kousky smrti. Jak je nenávidím.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic

Various forms of this quote are attributed to Poe, primarily by a title card in the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, though there is no record of his having ever said it.
Misattributed

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“Shadow in the flame. The flame is not so bright to itself as to those on whom it shines: so too the wise man.”
Stín v plameni. Plamen není tak jasný pro sebe, jako pro ty, na které svítí: stejně jako moudrý člověk.

Friedrich Nietzsche kniha Human, All Too Human

Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 570
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation

Sara Teasdale foto

“Oh, beauty, are you not enough?
Why am I crying after love?”

Ach, kráso, proč nestačíš? Proč pláču po lásce?

Sara Teasdale Spring Night

"Spring Night"
Rivers to the Sea (1915)

Gianni Agnelli foto

“Everything is on loan in life—everything.”
Všechno je v životě zapůjčeno - všechno.

Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003) Italian businessman

Agnelli: The Rules of the Game, Vanity Fair (1991)

Laozi foto

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Laskavost ve slovech vytváří důvěru. Laskavost v myšlení vytváří hloubku. Laskavost v dávání vytváří lásku.

Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…

Attributed to Laozi in self-help books and on social media, this quotation is of unknown origin and date.
Misattributed

T.S. Eliot foto

“The world turns and the world changes,
But one thing does not change.
In all of my years, one thing does not change,
However you disguise it, this thing does not change:
The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.”

Svět se točí a svět se mění, ale jedna věc se nemění. Jedna věc se za všechna ta léta nezměnila. Ať už to maskujete jakkoli, tato věc se nemění: věčný boj Dobra a Zla.

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

Choruses from The Rock (1934)

Napoleon I of France foto

“Changing from the defensive to the offensive, is one of the most delicate operations in war.”
Přechod z obrany do útoku je jednou z nejchoulostivějších operací ve válce.

Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Nelson Mandela foto

“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.”
Opravdoví vůdci musí být připraveni obětovat za svobodu svého lidu vše.

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

Nelson Madenla on leadership, Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary celebrations, Kwadukuza, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (25 April 1998). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/mini-site/selected-quotes
1990s

George Orwell foto

“If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver's Travels among them.”
Kdybych měl sestavit seznam šesti knih, které měly být zachovány, když všechny ostatní byly zničeny, určitě bych mezi ně zařadil Gulliverovy cesty.

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

"Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels" (1946)

Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
Nejdůležitější věcí v každém vztahu není co dostanete, ale co dáte.

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

This Is My Story (1937)

Charles Spurgeon foto

“Wisdom is, I suppose, the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
Moudrost je, jak se domnívám, správné využití vědomostí. Vědět neznamená být moudrý. Mnozí lidé toho vědí hodně, a o to většími hlupáky jsou. Žádný blázen není tak velký blázen jako znalý blázen. Ale umět používat vědomosti znamená mít moudrost.

Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist

The Fourfold Treasure (1871) No. 991 http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0991.htm

Thomas Edison foto

“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Génius je jen jedno procento inspirace a 99 procent potu.

Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman

Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper's Monthly (September 1932).
Variants:
None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Statement in a press conference (1929), as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh (1987) by James D. Newton, p. 24.
Variant forms without early citation: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework."
"Genius: one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."
1900s
Varianta: Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety nine perspiration.

Jean Piaget foto

“If mutual respect does derive from unilateral respect, it does so by opposition.”
Pokud se vzájemný respekt odvíjí od jednostranného respektu, děje se tak prostřednictvím opozice.

Jean Piaget (1896–1980) Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher & academic

Zdroj: The Moral Judgment of the Child (1932), Ch. 2 : Adult Constraint and Moral Realism

P. L. Deshpande foto

“Effort is the oxygen for talent.”
Úsilí je kyslíkem pro talent.

P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist

From his various literature
Zdroj: These words are uttered by the lead character of his work with the same name - Sakharam Gatne.

J. M. Barrie foto

“I'm not young enough to know everything.”
Nejsem dostatečně mladý, abych věděl všechno.

J. M. Barrie The Admirable Crichton

J. M. Barrie The Admirable Crichton, Act I (1903)
The Admirable Crichton (1903)

Matka Tereza foto

“Be kind to each other in your homes. Be kind to those who surround you. I prefer that you make mistakes in kindness rather than that you work miracles in unkindness. Often just for one word, one look, one quick action, and darkness fills the heart of the one we love.”

Matka Tereza (1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin

Quoted in: Charlotte Gray. Mother Teresa: Her Mission to Serve God by Caring for the Poor. G. Stevens, (1988), p. 53
1980s

Marcel Proust foto

“We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.”
Z utrpení se uzdravíme jen tehdy, když ho naplno prožijeme.

Marcel Proust kniha In Search of Lost Time

On ne guérit d'une souffrance qu'à condition de l'éprouver pleinement.
Zdroj: In Search of Lost Time, Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. VI: The Sweet Cheat Gone (1925), Ch. I: "Grief and Oblivion"

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“Destination and paths. Many people are obstinate about the path once it is taken, few people about the destination.”
Cíl a cesty. Mnoho lidí si potrpí na cestu, ale jen málo na cíl.

Friedrich Nietzsche kniha Human, All Too Human

Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 494
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation

“I had day visions — they would take advantage of me.”
Zažívala jsem denní snění - zneužívávalo mě ku svému prospěchu.

Minnie Evans (1892–1987) American artist

Cited in Whitney Museum of American Art (1975 Brochure), "Minnie Evans" Call number ND237.E78 W43 1975

Billie Holiday foto

“I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.”
Vždy když se vracím zpátky na populární scénu, tak se nikdo nezeptá, kde jsem byla.

Billie Holiday kniha Lady Sings the Blues

Zdroj: Lady Sings the Blues (1956), Ch. 23.

Alexander Suvorov foto

“To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.”
Překvapit nepřítele znamená porazit ho.

Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800) Russian military commander

As Military Adviser in China - Page 245 by Aleksandr Ivanovich Cherepanov - China - 1982.

Hugo Ball foto

“The war [World War 1. ] is founded on a glaring mistake, men have been confused with machines.”
Válka [1. světová válka] je založena na zjevném omylu, kde lidé byli zaměněni za stroje.

Hugo Ball (1886–1927) German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists

Quote from 'Life and Work', in Hugo Ball on Wikipedia
his remark after witnessing the invasion of Belgium by the German armies, in the start of World War 1. in 1914
before 1916

Antonio Gramsci foto

“History is at once freedom and necessity.”
Dějiny jsou zároveň svobodou i nutností.

Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) Italian writer, politician, theorist, sociologist and linguist

Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1971).

Jules Verne foto

“Better to put things at the worst at first, and reserve the best for a surprise.”
Je lepší překonat nejprve to nejhorší a nechat si to nejlepší jako překvapení.

Jules Verne kniha The Mysterious Island

Mieux vaut mettre les choses au pis tout de suite, répondit l’ingénieur, et ne se réserver que la surprise du mieux.
Part I, ch. IX
The Mysterious Island (1874)
Kontext: Better to put things at the worst at first," replied the engineer, "and reserve the best for a surprise.

Anton Chekhov foto

“If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.”
Bojíte-li se samoty nežeňte se.

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues foto

“Mercy is of greater value than justice.”
Milosrdenství má větší hodnotu než spravedlnost.

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747) French writer, a moralist

La clémence vaut mieux que la justice.
Zdroj: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.

Joanne K. Rowling foto

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”
Není možné žít, aniž byste v něčem selhali, ledaže byste žili tak opatrně, že byste stejně možná nežili vůbec - v takovém případě selháváte automaticky.

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

Harvard address (2008)

Homér foto

“Nevertheless I long—I pine, all my days—
to travel home and see the dawn of my return.”

Přesto toužím - celé dny toužím - po cestě domů a po úsvitu svého návratu.

Homér The Odyssey (Cowper)

V. 219–220 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

George Orwell foto

“[E]ven stupidity is better than totalitarianism.”
I blbost je lepší než totalita.

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

"As I Please," Tribune (10 March 1944)<sup> http://alexpeak.com/twr/orwell/quotes/</sup>
As I Please (1943–1947)

Ludwig von Mises foto

“The goal of liberalism is the peaceful cooperation of all men. It aims at peace among nations too.”
Cílem liberalismu je mírová spolupráce všech lidí. Jeho cílem je také mír mezi národy.

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) austrian economist

Omnipotent Government : The Rise of the Total State and Total War (1944) http://mises.org/etexts/mises/og.asp
Kontext: The goal of liberalism is the peaceful cooperation of all men. It aims at peace among nations too. When there is private ownership of the means of production everywhere and when laws, the tribunals and the administration treat foreigners and citizens on equal terms, it is of little importance where a country's frontiers are drawn.... War no longer pays; there is no motive for aggression.... All nations can coexist peacefully...

Thomas Mann foto

“Life is not the means for the achievement of an esthetic ideal of perfection; on the contrary, the work is an ethical symbol of life.”
Život není prostředkem k dosažení estetického ideálu dokonalosti; dílo je naopak etickým symbolem života.

Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate

Reflections of a Non-Political Man [Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen] (1918)
Kontext: The important thing for me, then, is not the "work," but my life. Life is not the means for the achievement of an esthetic ideal of perfection; on the contrary, the work is an ethical symbol of life.

Thomas Mann foto

“Writing well was almost the same as thinking well, and thinking well was the next thing to acting well.”
Dobře psát bylo téměř totéž, co dobře myslet, a dobře myslet byla druhá nejdůležitější věc, hned po dobrém chování.

Thomas Mann kniha The Magic Mountain

Zdroj: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
Kontext: Writing well was almost the same as thinking well, and thinking well was the next thing to acting well. All moral discipline, all moral perfection derived from the soul of literature, from the soul of human dignity, which was the moving spirit of both humanity and politics. Yes, they were all one, one and the same force, one and the same idea, and all of them could be comprehended in one single word... The word was — civilization!

Virgil foto

“Fortune favors the bold.”
Odvážným štěstí přeje.

Virgil Aeneid

Audentes fortuna iuvat.
Variant translations:
Fortune favors the brave.
Fortune helps the daring.
Fortune sides with him who dares.
Compare:
Fortibus est fortuna viris data.
Fortune is given to brave men.
Ennius, Annales, 257
Zdroj: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book X, Line 284

Louis Riel foto

“In a little while it will be all over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die.”
Za malou chvíli bude po všem. Možná prohrajeme. Ale práva, o něž usilujeme, nezemřou.

Louis Riel (1844–1885) Canadian politician

Letter from Batoche, N.W. T. to The Irish World (6 May 1885), also published as " An Appeal for Justice" in The Gibbet of Regina : The Truth about Riel, Sir John A. Macdonald and His Cabinet Before Public Opinion, by One who Knows (1886) by One who knows, Napoléon Thompson, p. 186
Kontext: In a little while it will be all over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die. A day of reckoning will come to our enemies and of jubilee to my people. The hated yoke of English domination and arrogance will be broken in this land, and the long-suffering victims of their injustice will, with God's blessing, re-enter into the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions.

Stanley Kubrick foto

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation.”
Myslím, že velkou chybou škol je, že se snaží děti něco naučit a používají strach jako základní motivaci.

Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor

Quoted in Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine (2013) by Phillipe Mather, p. 46
Kontext: I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

“Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.”
Jakmile přijmete existenci Boha - ať už ho definujete jakkoli, ať už si svůj vztah k němu vysvětlujete jakkoli -, jste navždy zachyceni jeho přítomností ve středu všech věcí.

Morris West (1916–1999) Australian writer

The Clowns of God (1981)
Kontext: Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things. You are also caught with the fact that man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.

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Émile Durkheim foto

“Every society is a moral society.”
Každá společnost je morální.

Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) French sociologist (1858-1917)

Zdroj: The Division of Labor in Society (1893), p. 228
Kontext: Every society is a moral society. In certain respects, this character is even more pronounced in organised societies. Because the individual is not sufficient unto himself, it is from society that he receives everything necessary to him, as it is for society that he works.

Sophocles foto

“Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.”
Smrt není nejhorší zlo, ale spíše to, když chceme zemřít a nemůžeme.

Sophocles Electra

Electra, 1007.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Thomas Mann foto

“Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.”
Každý okamžik je posvátný. Dejte všemu význam a smysl, všemu váhu své pozornosti, všemu skutečné a náležité naplnění.

Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate

Zdroj: The Beloved Returns (1939), Ch. 7
Kontext: Hold fast the time! Guard it, watch over it, every hour, every minute! Unregarded it slips away, like a lizard, smooth, slippery, faithless, a pixy wife. Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.

Alan Watts foto

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”
Věřit znamená oddat se vodě. Když plavete, nedržíte se vody, protože kdybyste se jí drželi, utopili byste se. Místo toho se pustíte a plavete.

Alan Watts (1915–1973) British philosopher, writer and speaker

The Essence of Alan Watts (1977)

Francis of Assisi foto

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”
Kde je láska a moudrost, tam není strach ani ignorance.

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

The Counsels of the Holy Father St. Francis, Admonition 27.
Kontext: Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Jawaharlal Nehru foto

“History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view.”
Historie je téměř vždy psána vítězi a dobyvateli a podává jejich pohled.

Jawaharlal Nehru kniha The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India (1946), pp. 287-8.

Nelson Mandela foto

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Být svobodný totiž neznamená pouze zbavit se pout, ale žít tak, abychom respektovali a posilovali svobodu druhých.

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

1990s, Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
Kontext: It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. Some say that has now been achieved. But I know that that is not the case. The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning.

Ashley Montagu foto

“The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.”
Vědec věří v důkaz bez jistoty, náboženský fanatik v jistotu bez důkazu.

Ashley Montagu (1905–1999) British-American anthropologist

The second sentence is often misquoted as “Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.” or “Religion gives us certainty without proof; science gives us proof without certainty.”
Kontext: Bigotry and science can have no communication with each other, for science begins where bigotry and absolute certainty end. The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Let us never forget that tyranny most often springs from a fanatical faith in the absoluteness of one’s beliefs.

Honoré de Balzac foto

“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.”
Naše srdce je pokladnicí; pokud vylijete všechno jeho bohatství najednou, jste v bankrotu.

Honoré de Balzac kniha Le Pere Goriot

Part I.
Le Père Goriot (1835)
Kontext: Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. We show no more mercy to the affection that reveals its utmost extent than we do to another kind of prodigal who has not a penny left.

Napoleon I of France foto

“There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest.”
Lidi spojují jen dvě síly - strach a zájem.

Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Kontext: There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Simón Bolívar foto

“Fight, and you shall win. For God grants victory to perseverance.”
Bojujte a zvítězíte. Bůh totiž dopřeje vítězství vytrvalosti.

Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) Venezuelan military and political leader, South American libertador

As quoted in Simón Bolívar (1969) by Gerhard Masur
Kontext: Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves. Fight, and you shall win. For God grants victory to perseverance.

Albert Camus foto

“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.”
Zlo, které je na světě, vždy pochází z nevědomosti a dobré úmysly mohou způsobit stejnou škodu jako zlá vůle, pokud jim chybí porozumění.

Albert Camus kniha The Plague

The Plague (1947)
Kontext: The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance which fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.

Benjamin Franklin foto

“Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.”
Udělej ze sebe ovci a vlci tě sežerou.

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

Letter to Thomas Cushing (1773) http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/franklin-the-works-of-benjamin-franklin-vol-vi-letters-and-misc-writings-1772-1775#lf1438-06_head_007.
Kontext: But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength, both in numbers and wealth; … unless, by a neglect of military discipline, we should lose all martial spirit …; for there is much truth in the Italian saying, Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood foto

“Thenceforth, the effort to abolish war seemed to me, and still seems to me, the only political object worth while.”
Od té doby mi úsilí o zrušení války připadalo a stále připadá jako jediný politický cíl, který má smysl.

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958) lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom

A Great Experiment (1941), p. 189
Kontext: The truth is, I was never a very good Party man. Probably but for the War of 1914, I should have gone on fairly comfortably as a Conservative official. But those four years burnt into me the insufferable conditions of international relations which made war the acknowledged method — indeed, the only fully authorized method — of settling international disputes. Thenceforth, the effort to abolish war seemed to me, and still seems to me, the only political object worth while.

Keith Haring foto

“Art should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.”
Umění by mělo být něčím, co osvobozuje duši, provokuje představivost a podněcuje lidi, aby šli dál.

Keith Haring (1958–1990) American artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s b…
Samuel Johnson foto

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ”
Nikdo se nemůže vrátit a začít odznovu, ale každý může začít dnes a vytvořit nový konec.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Lee Iacocca foto

“The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business – or almost anywhere else.”
Schopnost soustředit se a dobře využívat čas je vše, co potřebujete k úspěchu v podnikání - a téměř kdekoli jinde.

Lee Iacocca (1924–2019) American businessman
Keanu Reeves foto

“Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.”
Někdy je nejtěžší dosáhnout jednoduchých věcí.

Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician
Marlene Dietrich foto

“In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.”
V Evropě nezáleží na tom, zda jste muž nebo žena - milujeme se s každým, kdo nám připadá atraktivní.

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer
Axel Munthe foto

“The soul needs more space than the body.”
Duše potřebuje více prostoru než tělo.

Axel Munthe (1857–1949) Swedish physician

“Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.”
Respekt je vyznamenán. Poctivost je oceňována. Důvěra je zisk. Věrnost je vrácena.

“No matter how educated, rich, talented or famous you believe you are, how you treat people is ultimately what will tell all.”
Bez ohledu na to, jak vzdělaní, bohatí, talentovaní nebo slavní, věříte, že jste. Jak se chováte k lidem je nakonec to, co o vás vypovídá.

Rajneesh foto

“Truth is simple. Very simple – so simple that a child can understand it. In fact, so simple that only a child can understand it. Unless you become a child again you will not be able to understand it.”
Pravda je jednoduchá. Velmi jednoduchá - tak jednoduchá, že ji může pochopit dítě. Ve skutečnosti tak jednoduchá, že ji může pochopit jen dítě. Pokud se znovu nestaneš dítětem, nebudeš schopen to pochopit.

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement
Ursula K. Le Guin foto

“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”
Jsme sopky. Když my ženy nabídneme své zkušenosti jako svou pravdu, jako lidskou pravdu, všechny mapy se změní. Vzniknou nové hory.

Ursula K. Le Guin kniha Dancing at the Edge of the World

Bryn Mawr Commencement Address https://books.google.com/books?id=QK6TYg32CocC&pg=PA160 (1986), in Dancing at the Edge of the World (1997), p. 160

Charles Stross foto

“You win some, you lose some. And when you lose, you have to pull yourself together and go back for more. Otherwise, the other side wins by default.”
Někdy vyhrajete, někdy prohrajete. A když prohrajete, musíte se vzchopit a vrátit se pro víc. Jinak vyhraje druhá strana.

Charles Stross The Laundry Files

Classified Appendix (p. 354)
The Laundry Files, The Apocalypse Codex (2012)

Lucy Maud Montgomery foto

“What a comfort one familiar face is in a howling wilderness of strangers!”
Jakou útěchou je jedna známá tvář ve vyjící divočině cizinců!

Lucy Maud Montgomery kniha Anne of the Island

Zdroj: Anne of the Island (1915), Ch. 3

Lynn Compton foto

“Secrets have power over us. Only when secrets are revealed can truth be known and freedom brought about.”
Tajemství nad námi mají moc. Teprve když jsou tajemství odhalena, lze poznat pravdu a dosáhnout svobody.

Lynn Compton (1921–2012) Easy Company soldier turned noted jurist

Zdroj: Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (2008), p. 107

Teal Swan foto
Alexis Karpouzos foto

“Unspoken is whatever
we have not desired with all our heart.”

Nevyřčené je cokoli po čem jsme z celého srdce netoužili.

Zdroj: The self-criticism of science

Albert Camus foto

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
Nikdy nebudete šťastní, pokud budete pokračovat v hledání toho, z čeho se štěstí skládá. Nikdy nebudete žít, budete-li hledat smysl života.

Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist

Zdroj: "Intuitions" (October 1932), published in Youthful Writings (1976)

Vincent Van Gogh foto

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom”
Raději zemřu vášní, než nudou.

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

Not by van Gogh, but from Emile Zola's novel The Ladies' Paradise (1883)
Misattributed

Alanis Morissette foto

“It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.”
Je to jako mít deset tisíc lžic, když potřebujete pouze jeden nůž.

Alanis Morissette (1974) Canadian-American singer-songwriter

"Ironic"
Jagged Little Pill (1995)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky foto

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
Špatně jít vlastní cestou je lepší než jít správně cestou někoho jiného.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky kniha Zločin a trest

Zdroj: Crime and Punishment (Zločin a trest)

Tom Lehrer foto

“Life is like a sewer — what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”
Život je jako kanál - to, co z něj dostanete, závisí na tom, co do něj vložíte.

Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician

It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today in these trying times of crisis and universal brouhaha.
Introduction to "We Will All Go Together When We Go"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Sun Tzu foto

“Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?”
Dovedete si představit, co bych dělal, kdybych mohl dělat všechno, co umím?

Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. foto

“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.”
Věda a technologie přinášejí do našich životů revoluci, ale naše reakce na ně jsou založeny na paměti, tradici a mýtech.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007) American historian, social critic, and public intellectual
Gautama Buddha foto

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
Nikdo nás nemůže zachránit, jen my sami. Nikdo nemůže a nikdo nesmí. My sami se musíme vydat touto cestou.

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
Pema Chödron foto

“The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.”
Největší překážkou spojení s naší radostí je odpor.

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

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