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Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
Na světě existují dva typy lidí: ti, kteří chtějí vědět, a ti, kteří chtějí věřit.

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

“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
Něco ti řeknu, přítel můj. Naděje je nebezpečná věc. Naděje může člověka přivést k šílenství.

Stephen King kniha Different Seasons

Zdroj: Different Seasons

Mark Twain foto

“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
Ze všech věcí, které jsem ztratil, mi nejvíc chybí mysl.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain foto

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
Nebojím se smrti, byl jsem mrtvý už miliony a miliony let předtím než jsem se narodil a nebylo to nic hrozného.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Joseph Stalin foto

“I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.”
Věřím v jedinou věc, v sílu lidské vůle.

Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

“To be interesting, be interested.”
Chcete-li být zajímaví, zajímejte se.

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

Zdroj: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Bill Hicks foto

“Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas.”
Poslouchejte, příští revoluce bude revolucí myšlenek.

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
Leo Tolstoy foto

“The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action.”
Čím výše stojí člověk na společenském žebříčku, tím větší je počet lidí, s nimiž je spojen, tím větší má moc nad ostatními lidmi, tím zřejmější je předurčenost a nevyhnutelnost každého jeho jednání.

Leo Tolstoy kniha Vojna a mír

Zdroj: War and Peace

Henry David Thoreau foto

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
Jak byste mohli zabíjet čas, aniž byste zranili věčnost.

Henry David Thoreau kniha Walden

Zdroj: Walden

William James foto

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
Nejhlubším principem lidské povahy je touha být oceněn.

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
Stephen King foto

“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”

Stephen King kniha Different Seasons

Zdroj: Different Seasons

Martin Luther King, Jr. foto

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
Ti, kteří štěstí nehledají, ho nejpravděpodobněji najdou. Protože ti, kteří ho hledají, často zapomínají, že nejjistější cestou ke štěstí je hledat štěstí pro ostatní.

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

“It is impossible to love and be wise.”
Je nemožné milovat a být moudrý.

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
Colette foto

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
Ukonáš pošetilé věci, ale dělej je s nadšením.

Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi

New York World-Telegram and Sun (1961)

Ambrose Bierce foto

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
Mluvte, když jste naštvaní a pronesete nejlepší projev, jaký budete kdy litovat.

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Bruce Lee foto

“As you think, so shall you become.”
Jak myslíš, takovým se staneš.

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

“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
Kouzla zasáhnou pohled, ale zásluhy získávají duši.

Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock

Canto V, line 33.
Varianta: Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Zdroj: The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)

William Shakespeare foto

“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
Nehádejte se s ní: je šílená.

William Shakespeare Richard III.

Zdroj: Richard III

William Blake foto

“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.”
Tí, ktorí zabraňujú akýmkoľvek túžbam, tak robia preto, lebo ich túžba je príliš slabá a preto jej môžu zabrániť; a ten ktorý obmedzuje túžbam uchváti ich miesto a vládne neochotným.

William Blake kniha The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The Voice of the Devil
Zdroj: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)

Mark Twain citát: “I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
Mark Twain foto

“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
Není drsnější způsob jak poznat jestli máte někoho rádi nebo ho nenávidíte, než s ním cestovat.

Mark Twain kniha Tom Sawyer Abroad

Zdroj: Tom Sawyer Abroad

Joseph Campbell foto

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
Najděte v sobě místo, kde je radost, a radost vypálí bolest.

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer

Varianta: Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Mark Twain foto

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
Laskavost je jazyk, který neslyšící slyší a nevidomý vidí.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Unsourced in The Philosophy of Mark Twain: The Wit and Wisdom of a Literary Genius (2014) by David Graham
Disputed

Christopher Morley foto

“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.”
Všechna města jsou šílená, ale šílenství je galantní. Všechna města jsou krásná, ale jejich krása je ponurá.

Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet
Edmund Burke foto

“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
Žena není stvořena k obdivu všech, ale ke štěstí jednoho.

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
Abraham Lincoln foto

“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
Neexistují žádné špatné fotky, takhle prostě někdy vypadá váš obličej.

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

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament.”
Utlačovaným je umožněno jednou za několik let rozhodnout, kteří konkrétní zástupci utlačující třídy je budou zastupovat a potlačovat je v parlamentu.

Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist

Actually from State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin, paraphrasing Marx in The Civil War in France.
Misattributed

Terry Pratchett foto

“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
Inteligence stvoření známého jako dav je druhá odmocnina počtu lidí v něm.

Terry Pratchett kniha Jingo

Zdroj: Jingo

Jonathan Safran Foer foto

“Everything is the way it is because everything was the way it was”
Všechno je takové, jaké je, protože všechno bylo takové, jaké bylo.

Jonathan Safran Foer kniha Everything Is Illuminated

Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated

Bruce Lee foto

“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
Miluješ-li život, neztrácej čas, protože čas je to, z čeho se skládá život.

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

Zdroj: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 10; Here Lee paraphrases a much older English proverb: If you care for life, don't waste your time; for time is what life is made of. (as quoted in Bordighera and the Western Riviera (1883) by Frederick Fitzroy Hamilton, p. 189).
Kontext: Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Paulo Coelho foto

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
Když někdo odejde, je to proto, že někdo jiný přijde.

Paulo Coelho kniha The Zahir

Varianta: When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.
Zdroj: The Zahir

Ludwig Van Beethoven foto

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”
Hudba je vyšší zjevení jako veškerá moudrost a filozofie.

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer

Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.
http://books.google.com/books?id=W2k6AAAAcAAJ&q=%22Musik+h%C3%B6here+Offenbarung+ist+als+alle+Weisheit+und+Philosophie%22&pg=PA193#v=onepage
As reported by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe, 28 May 1810.
Goethe's Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde: Seinem Denkmal, Volume 2, Dümmler, 1835, p. 193.
Varianta: Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Jane Austen foto

“Till this moment I never knew myself.”
Až do této chvíle jsem se neznal.

Jane Austen kniha Pýcha a předsudek

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

René Descartes foto

“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
Mít dobrou mysl nestačí. Hlavní je používat ji.

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Varianta: It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Zdroj: Discourse on Method

Immanuel Kant foto

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
Bohatými nás nečiní to, co vlastníme, ale to, bez čeho se dokážeme obejít.

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher

Varianta: We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.

Rainer Maria Rilke citát: “I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”
Rainer Maria Rilke foto

“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”
Žiji svůj život v rozšiřujících se kruzích, které sahají do celého světa.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

Zdroj: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

Charles Bukowski foto

“And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.”
A přesto mě ženy - dobré ženy - děsily, protože nakonec chtěly tvou duši, a to, co zbylo z té mé, jsem si chtěl nechat.

Charles Bukowski kniha Ženy

Zdroj: Women

Henry David Thoreau foto

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”
Záměrně jsem šel do lesa, protože jsem chtěl žít.

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
William Blake foto

“What is now proved was once only imagined.”
Co je nyní dokázáno, kdysi bylo jen představou.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Oscar Wilde foto

“Friendship… is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.”
Přátelství se neučí ve škole, ale pokud jste se nenaučili významu přátelství, nenaučili jste se vlastně nic.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Jean Paul Sartre foto

“Words are loaded pistols.”
Slova jsou nabité pistole.

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

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
Pane, co za blázny jsou tito smrtelníci!

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck, Act III, scene ii.
Varianta: Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Zdroj: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)

Marcus Tullius Cicero foto

“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
Doba je zlá. Děti už neposlouchají rodiče a každý píše knihu.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

As quoted in InfoWorld https://books.google.gr/books?id=qjgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=, Vol. 23, No. 16, 16 April 2001, p. 49. This had been attributed previously to many other sources from 1908 on, according to this analysis https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/ by Quote Investigator.
Misattributed

Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Nedělali byste si tolik dělat starostí s tím, co si o vás ostatní myslí, kdybyste si uvědomili, jak zřídka to dělají.

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

“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”
Myslíte si, že je možné, aby se celý národ zbláznil?

Terry Pratchett kniha Podivný regiment

Zdroj: Monstrous Regiment

“Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.”
Dnešek je naším nejcennějším majetkem. Je to naše jediná jistota.

Dale Carnegie kniha How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Zdroj: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Terry Pratchett foto

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
Pokud by kočky vypadaly jako žáby, uvědomili bychom si, jak ošklivé, kruté malé bestie to jsou. Styl. To si lidé pamatují.

Terry Pratchett kniha Lords and Ladies

Zdroj: Lords and Ladies

John Lennon foto

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
Kdyby každý požadoval mír místo nové televize, pak by na světě byl mír.

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

As quoted in Guitar Player (1 August 2004), and in "Pax Patter" at ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/civics/rights/pax.htm
Varianta: When we say "War is over if you want it," we mean that if everyone demanded peace instead of another TV set, we'd have peace.

Albert Schweitzer foto

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

Variant translation: Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Variant translation: Until we extend the circle of compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace.
Kulturphilosophie (1923)

Frank Herbert foto

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
Počátkem poznání je objev něčeho, čemu nerozumíme.

Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer
George Bernard Shaw foto

“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!”
Proč bychom si měli nechat radit ohledně sexu od papeže? Pokud o tom něco ví, tak by neměl!

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Charles Bukowski foto

“A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.”
Takováhle láska byla vážná nemoc, taková, ze které se člověk už nikdy plně nezotavil.

Charles Bukowski kniha The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Zdroj: The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Mark Twain foto

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
Je lepší zasloužit si vyznamenání a nemít ho jako mít a nezasloužit si ho.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Stephen King foto

“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”
Nemůžete popřít smích; když přijde, zasedne na vaší oblíbenou židli a zůstane tak dlouho, jak chce.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Anthony Robbins foto

“People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals.. that is.. goals that do not inspire them.”
Lidé nejsou líní, jen mají impotentní cíle.. to znamená cíle, které je neinspirují.

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker
Stephen King foto

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
Knihy jsou jedinečně přenosná magie.

Stephen King kniha On Writing

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Varianta: Books are a uniquely portable magic

Albert Einstein foto

“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
Všechno musí být co nejjednodušší. Ale ne jednodušší.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Varianta: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Arthur Schopenhauer foto

“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
Osoba, která píše pro blázny, si je vždy jistá velkým publikem.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

Zdroj: Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays

Jack Kerouac foto

“because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars…”
Protože neměl žádné místo, kde by mohl zůstat, aniž by se unavil, a protože neměl kam jít, ale všude se neustále unášel pod hvězdami...

Jack Kerouac kniha On the Road

Zdroj: On the Road

Marilyn Monroe foto

“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”
Často stačí s někým jenom být. Nemusím se ho dotýkat. Ani mluvit. Pocity procházejí vámi oběma. Nejsi sám.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Albert Einstein citát: “The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Albert Einstein foto

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Důležité je nezastavit výslech.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Old Man's Advice to Youth: "Never Lose a Holy Curiosity," http://books.google.com/books?id=dlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=Life%2C%202%20May%201955&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=Life,%202%20May%201955&f=false LIFE magazine (2 May 1955) statement to William Miller, p. 64.
1950s
Kontext: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don't stop to marvel.

Jonathan Safran Foer foto

“I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.”
Dělám pro tebe něco, co nesnáším. Tohle znamená být zamilovaný.

Jonathan Safran Foer kniha Everything Is Illuminated

Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated

Albert Einstein foto

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Velcí duchové se vždy setkali s násilným odporem od průměrných myslí.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Varianta: Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Louisa May Alcott foto

“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”
Miluj Jo po všechny dny, pokud chceš, ale nenech se jí rozmazlovat, protože je špatné zahodit tolik dobrých darů, protože nemůžeš mít ten, který chceš.

Louisa May Alcott kniha Malé ženy

Zdroj: Little Women

Thomas Paine foto

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
Nejlepším lékem na hněv je odklad.

Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist
Stephen King foto

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
Když všechno selže, vzdej to a jdi do knihovny.

Stephen King kniha 11/22/63

Zdroj: 11/22/63

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”
Osamělý nabídne ruku příliš rychle komukoli, s kým se setká.

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

Zdroj: Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

Guy De Maupassant foto

“In fact living is dying.”
Život je vlastně umírání.

Zdroj: Bel-Ami

Romain Rolland foto

“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
Abys osvětloval světlem jiné, musíš nosit slunce v sobě.

Romain Rolland (1866–1944) French author
Leo Tolstoy foto

“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
Neexistuje velikost tam, kde není prostota, dobro a pravda.

Leo Tolstoy kniha Vojna a mír

Zdroj: War and Peace

William Shakespeare foto

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.”
Očekávání je příčinou všech zármutků.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Terry Pratchett foto

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
Nemá cenu něco dělat, pokud by někdo někde nebyl raději, kdybyste to nedělali.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
C.G. Jung foto

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
Nejděsivější věcí je úplně se přijmout.

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
Charles Bukowski foto

“What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
Jaké hrozné časy to byly - mít touhu a potřebu žít, ale nebýt toho schopen.

Charles Bukowski kniha Šunkový nářez

Zdroj: Ham on Rye

Oscar Wilde foto

“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.”
Umění je jediná vážná věc na světě. A umělec je jediný člověk, který není nikdy vážný.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

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

Alexandre Dumas foto

“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.”
Všechna zobecňování jsou nebezpečná, dokonce i toto.

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist
Agatha Christie foto

“One is alone when the last one who remembers is gone.”
Člověk je skutečně sám, když poslední člověk, který si na něj vzpomněl, už není mezi námi.

Agatha Christie kniha A Murder Is Announced

Zdroj: A Murder Is Announced

Romain Rolland foto

“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”
Buďte uctivý před úsvitem. Nemyslete na to, co bude o rok nebo o deset let. Myslete na dnešní den.

Romain Rolland kniha Juan Criistobal

Gottfried to Jean-Christophe. Part 3: Ada
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Youth (1904)
Zdroj: Jean Christophe Vol I
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day.
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day. Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower. Love it even when it is gray and sad like to-day. Do not be anxious. See. It is winter now. Everything is asleep. The good earth will awake again. You have only to be good and patient like the earth. Be reverent. Wait. If you are good, all will go well. If you are not, if you are weak, if you do not succeed, well, you must be happy in that. No doubt it is the best you can do. So, then, why will? Why be angry because of what you cannot do? We all have to do what we can.... Als ich kann.

Mark Twain foto

“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
Ze všech Božích stvoření je jen jedno, které se nemůže stát otrokem na vodítku. Je to kočka. Kdyby se člověk mohl zkřížit s kočkou, zlepšilo by to člověka, ale kočku by to degradovalo.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Rainer Maria Rilke foto

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
V lásce potřebujeme praktikovat pouze toto: nechat druhého odejít. Protože držet se někoho je snadné; tomu se už nemusíme učit.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

Zdroj: Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

Mark Twain foto

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
Neodpoutávej se nikdy od svých snů! Když zmizí, budeš dál existovat, ale přestaneš žít.

Mark Twain kniha Following the Equator

Zdroj: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. LXII

Rainer Maria Rilke foto

“The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.”
Práce očí je hotová. Nyní jděte a pracujte na obrázcích, které jsou uzamčeny ve vašem srdci.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

Wendung (Turning Point), as translated by Stephen Mitchell

Lauren Bacall foto

“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought”
Ne vždy se vám podaří vyhrát bitvu, ale je dobré vědět, že jste bojovali.

Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model
Stephen King foto

“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”
Psaní neznamená život, ale myslím si, že někdy to může být cesta zpět do života.

Stephen King (1947) American author

Zdroj: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

René Descartes foto

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
Každou obtíž rozdělte na tolik částí, kolik je možné a nutné k jejímu vyřešení.

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Zdroj: Discourse on Method

Oscar Wilde foto

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
Život je zrcadlo a umění skutečnost. Život napodobuje umění daleko více, než umění napodobuje život.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Walter Benjamin foto

“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”
Práce na dobrém díle probíhá na třech úrovních: hudební, kde se komponuje, architektonické, kde se konstruuje, a nakonec textilní, kde se tká.

Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)

Zdroj: One Way Street And Other Writings

Confucius foto

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
Hudba vytváří druh potěšení, bez kterého se lidská přirozenost neobejde.

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

Zdroj: The Book of Rites

Marilyn Monroe foto

“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
Když jsem byla malá, nikdo mi nikdy neřekl, že jsem hezká. Všem malým holčičkám by se mělo říkat, že jsou hezké, i když nejsou.

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

Varianta: No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

Mark Twain foto

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
Mám vyšší a vznešenější zásady než George Washington. On neuměl lhát, já ano, ale nebudu.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Paulo Coelho citát: “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
Paulo Coelho foto

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

Paulo Coelho kniha Jedenáct minut

Varianta: i am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.
that is the true experience of freedom:having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Zdroj: Eleven Minutes

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
Je dost těžké si vzpomenout na mé názory, aniž bych si vzpomněl také na své důvody!

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

“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
Uvnitř každého starého člověka je mladý člověk, který přemýšlí, co se to vlastně stalo.

Terry Pratchett kniha Pohyblivé obrázky

Zdroj: Moving Pictures

Elbert Hubbard foto

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
Ten, kdo nerozumí vašemu mlčení, pravděpodobně nebude rozumět ani vašim slovům.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Jean Paul Sartre foto

“Life has no meaning a priori … It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”
Život nemá a priori žádný smysl... Je na vás, abyste mu dali smysl, a hodnota není nic jiného než smysl, který si vyberete.

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

Zdroj: Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946), p. 58

Oscar Wilde foto

“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
Přátele si vybírám pro jejich dobrý vzhled, pouhé známé pro jejich dobrý charakter a nepřátele pro jejich dobrý mozek.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Stephen King foto

“Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.”
Dejte mi jenom tolik informací, kolik potřebuji, abych mohl přesvědčivě lhát.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Stefan Zweig foto

“Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into the dark.”
Nic nepovzbudí inteligenci víc než vášnivé podezření, nic nerozvíjí všechny schopnosti nezralé mysli víc než stopa unikající do tmy.

Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) Austrian writer

Zdroj: The Burning Secret and other stories

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