a collection of quotes in multiple languages which I encountered during my reading adventures
I have no particular objection to people taking substances that make them feel better or more contented, or, for the matter, see little dancing purple fairies – or even their God if it comes to that. It’s their brain, after all, and society can have no claim on it, providing they’re not operating heavy machinery at the time.
Its a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth.
Ich bin Visionär aus Verzweifelung.
Make a difference no matter where you are.
…dass das eigene Leben nie außerhalb der Welt da ist, sondern immer in ihr wirkt, sie abbildet und das Große im Kleinen spiegelt.
Violence only thrives in silence.
People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn’t that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
It’s very hard to talk quantum using a language originally designed to tell other monkeys where the ripe fruit is.
Würde es dich nicht geben, ich hätte dich vermisst.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.