“All idealism is mendacity in the face of what is necessary.”
Source: Ecce Homo, chapter Why I Am So Clever
hana77
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Man verdirbt einen Jüngling am sichersten, wenn man ihn anleitet, den Gleichdenkenden höher zu achten, als den Andersdenkenden.
The Dawn, Sec. 297
“The brief madness of bliss is experienced only by those who suffer the most deeply.”
Source: This Spoke Zarathustra (Tak pravil Zarathustra)
“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Ibid., p. 123
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Todos os problemas são insolúveis. A essência de haver um problema é não haver solução. Procurar um facto significa não haver um facto. Pensar é não saber existir.
Fernando Pessoa
(1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
Ibid., p. 125
Original: Nunca amamos niguém. Amamos, tão-somente, a ideia que fazemos de alguém. É a um conceito nosso — em suma, é a nós mesmos — que amamos.
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“My past is everything I failed to be.”
O meu passado é tudo quanto não consegui ser.
Source: The Book of Disquietude, trans. Richard Zenith, text 100
“Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.”
Ibid., p. 163
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A experiência directa é o subterfúgio, ou o esconderijo, daqueles que são desprovidos de imaginação.
Ibid., p. 249
Original: Adoramos a perfeição, porque não a podemos ter; repugná-la-íamos, se a tivéssemos. O perfeito é o desumano, porque o humano é imperfeito.
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.”
Fernando Pessoa
(1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
Repudiei sempre que me compreendessem. Ser compreendido é prostituir-se. Prefiro ser tomado a sério como o que não sou, ignorado humanamente, com decência e naturalidade.
Source: The Book of Disquietude, trans. Richard Zenith, text 128
“All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.”
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic
Source: báseň A Dream Within a Dream
“Those who are hardest to love need it the most.”
Socrates
(-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
Eckhart Tolle
(1948) German writer
Variant: The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
(1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath