Quotes
Hermann Hesse
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
...
quote
Ovid
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
...
quote
Voltaire
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
...
quote
Ovid
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
...
quote
Ovid
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
...
quote
Robert Green Ingersoll
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
...
quote
Euripides
He was a wise man who originated the idea of gods.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of gods.
...
quote
Edgar Allan Poe
Your work is both true and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are true are not original, and the parts that are original are not true.
Your work is both true and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are true are not original, and the parts that are original are ...
quote
Thomas Paine
The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun.
The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the ...
quote
Socrates
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
...
quote
(Arabic saying)
The soul invariably travels at the speed of a camel.
The soul invariably travels at the speed of a camel.
...
quote
Saint Augustine
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
...
quote
Arthur C. Clarke
There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum.
There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum.
...
quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
...
quote
Socrates
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher... and that is a good thing for any man.
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher... and that is a good ...
quote
Stewart Brand
This present moment used to be the unimaginable future.
This present moment used to be the unimaginable future.
...
quote
(African proverb)
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
...
quote
Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
...
quote
Lao Tzu
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
...
quote
Stefan Zweig
Naším opravdovým osudem je možná být věčně na cestě, neustále litovat a nostalgicky toužit, stále dychtit po odpočinku, ale bez přestání bloudit.
Naším opravdovým osudem je možná být věčně na cestě, neustále litovat a nostalgicky toužit, stále dychtit po odpočinku, ale bez ...
quote