Die Erfahrungen sind wie die Samenkörner, aus denen die Klugheit emporwächst. ~~~ Konrad Adenauer
Die Erfahrungen sind wie die Samenkörner, aus denen die Klugheit emporwächst. Konrad Adenauer
Month: October 2010
Es gibt ebensowenig hundertprozentige Wahrheit
Es gibt ebensowenig hundertprozentige Wahrheit wie hundertprozentigen Alkohol. (Sigmund Freud)
Benjamin Franklin – 15/10/2010
La ociosidad camina con tanta lentitud, que todos los vicios la alcanzan. Frases de Benjamin Franklin – 15/10/2010
Es ist noch nicht genug, eine Sache zu beweisen. Man muß die Menschen zu ihr auch noch verführen. (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche)
Geburtstag und ZITAT DES TAGES von heute: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15.10.1844 – 25.8.1900) Philosoph, Wegbereiter der Existenzphilosophie, ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’ (Deutschland, 1844 – 1900). Bauernregel …
"It’s the most precious thing…to know absolutely where you belong. There’s a whole emotional wrapping-around-of-you-here. You see the same rock, tree, road, clouds, sun – you develop a nice kind of intimacy with the world around you. To be intimate is to grow, to learn… [it] is absolutely fulfilling. Intimacy, that’s my magic word for why I live here." – Tessie Naranjo
“It’s the most precious thing…to know absolutely where you belong. There’s a whole emotional wrapping-around-of-you-here. You see the same rock, tree, road, clouds, sun – …
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. -Hoffer, Eric
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. -Hoffer, Eric
Subhl shitarnava
Ontelbaren kennen de gebreken van anderen, slechts enkele weinigen hun voortreffelijkheden. Of er echter iemand gevonden wordt, die zijn eigen gebreken kent, dat staat te …
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop. -Hoffer, Eric
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop. -Hoffer, Eric
Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. -Machiavelli, Niccolo
Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. -Machiavelli, Niccolo
Es gibt zwei Arten von Fußgängern – die schnellen und die toten. ~~~ Robert Lembke
Es gibt zwei Arten von Fußgängern – die schnellen und die toten. Robert Lembke
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
"Controversy equalizes fools and wise men – and the fools know it" – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men – and the fools know it” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
"No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other." – Frank Lloyd Wright
“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live …
Sei deines Willens Herr und deines Gewissens Knecht. ~~~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Sei deines Willens Herr und deines Gewissens Knecht. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The best armor is to keep out of gunshot. -Bacon, Francis
The best armor is to keep out of gunshot. -Bacon, Francis
"Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves" – Euripides
“Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves” – Euripides
No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you. -Hurston, Zora Neale
No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you. -Hurston, Zora Neale
"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth." – Carl Gustav Jung
“We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.” – Carl …
Anthony, Susan B.
Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. Anthony, Susan B. quotes
Guerard, Albert
Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt. Guerard, Albert quotes
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought. Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert quotes
Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. -Carlyle, Thomas
Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. -Carlyle, Thomas
Diktatur ist ein Staat, in dem das Halten von Papageien lebensgefährlich sein kann. ~~~ Jack Lemmon
Diktatur ist ein Staat, in dem das Halten von Papageien lebensgefährlich sein kann. Jack Lemmon
Nature… is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. -Baudelaire, Charles
Nature… is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. -Baudelaire, Charles
"I was strong enough not to let them get the best of me, but I’m definitely one who has taken what people say to heart and let it eat away at me." – Beverly Mitchell
“I was strong enough not to let them get the best of me, but I’m definitely one who has taken what people say to heart …
Das Publikum beklatscht ein Feuerwerk, aber keinen Sonnenaufgang.
Das Publikum beklatscht ein Feuerwerk, aber keinen Sonnenaufgang.
Ist die Zeit das Kostbarste unter allem, so ist Zeitverschwendung die allergrößte Verschwendung. ~~~ Benjamin Franklin
Ist die Zeit das Kostbarste unter allem, so ist Zeitverschwendung die allergrößte Verschwendung. Benjamin Franklin
Wer immer die Wahrheit sagt, kann sich ein
Wer immer die Wahrheit sagt, kann sich ein schlechtes Gedächtnis leisten. (Theodor Heuss)
Will Durant – 14/10/2010
Ningún hombre con prisa puede considerarse civilizado. Frases de Will Durant – 14/10/2010
Was nicht auf einer einzigen Manuskriptseite zusammengefaßt werden kann, ist weder durchdacht, noch entscheidungsreif. (Dwight David Eisenhower)
Geburtstag und ZITAT DES TAGES von heute: Dwight David Eisenhower (14.10.1890 – 28.3.1969) Präsident / 34. / 1953 – 1961, Beendigung des Korea-Krieges 1953 (USA, …
K.L. Poll
Een geloof dat zich niet verdraagt met een zo eerlijk mogelijke wetenschapsbeoefening en met het streven naar begrip voor andermans wereld- en levensbeschouwingen, zo’n geloof …
Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -Long, Lazarus
Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -Long, Lazarus
He makes no friends who never made a foe. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
He makes no friends who never made a foe. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. -Hubbard, Elbert
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. -Hubbard, Elbert
"Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"" – Mark Twain
“Necessity is the mother of “taking chances”” – Mark Twain
He’s the type who makes mountains out of molehills and then sells climbing equipment. -Ball, Ivern
He’s the type who makes mountains out of molehills and then sells climbing equipment. -Ball, Ivern
Wer im Geld schwimmt, hält einen Rettungsring für eine Zumutung. ~~~ Ernst R. Hauschka
Wer im Geld schwimmt, hält einen Rettungsring für eine Zumutung. Ernst R. Hauschka
"People need trouble — a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy." – William Faulkner
“People need trouble — a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a …
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. -Chambers, Robert
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. -Chambers, Robert
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -Caplan, Mortimer
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -Caplan, Mortimer