P. W. Botha (1916–2006) South African prime minister
As prime minister, introducing the 4th Amendment to the Constitution Bill, 23 May 1980, which envisaged a tricameral corporate federation. Cited in The Star, and Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, PW Botha in his own words, p. 27
“The glory of life is not never falling. The true glory consists in rising each time we fall.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
“Curiosity is more important than knowledge.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: Imagination is more imortant than Knowledge
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) francouzský politik
Source: Převzato z Alberto Manguel, Čtení obrazů
Richard Wilbur (1921–2017)
Převzato z Alberto Manguel, Čtení obrazů
Source: Richard Wilber, An Event
„Kdo umí dobře zacházet s kladivem, má sklon si myslet, že všechno jsou hřebíky.“
Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) americký psycholog
Source: [Covey, Stephen R., 7 návyků skutečně efektivních lidí, Management Press, Praha, 2009, 978-80-7261-156-0, 125]
“Marriage is the cure of love, and friendship the cure of marriage.”
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
Detached Thoughts http://books.google.com/books?id=vVdSAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Marriage+is+the+cure+of+love+and+friendship+the+cure+of+marriage%22&pg=PA384#v=onepage, first published in Letters and Works of Philip Dormer Stanhope, volume 5 (1847)
“The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.”
Wallace D. Wattles (1860–1911) American writer
“I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Often misattributed to Twain, this is actually by Blaise Pascal, "Lettres provinciales", letter 16, 1657:
Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.
Translation: I have only made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the opportunity to make it shorter.
Misattributed
Source: The Provincial Letters
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
Variant: All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.
Source: Pensées
“It is better to know something about everything then everything about something”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“To understand is to forgive.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“What keeps me going is goals.”
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
