Quotes from Theodore Zeldin

Ekonomik geliÅŸme, refah ürettiÄŸi kadar sefalet de doÄŸurmuÅŸtur her zaman. Ä°nsanlar?n çoÄŸunluÄŸunun yoksul olmad??? dönem ne zamand?? Baz?lar? eskisinden daha az yoksul hale gelse de sefaleti bitirmeye yönelik tüm giriÅŸimler baÅŸar?s?z kald?. Para icat oldu olal? hiçbir zaman herkesin istediÄŸini veya ihtiyaç duyduÄŸunu almas?na yetecek kadar olmad?. Yeterince para hiçbir zaman var olamaz.

Tüm cevaplar? bulmak gibi beklentisi olmayan sonsuz bir yola koyulmak, belirli bir hedefe doÄŸru yolculuk yapmaktan daha ufuk aç?c? olmuÅŸtur her zaman; çünkü böylelikle önceden belirlenmiÅŸ hedeflerden çok daha tatmin edici yan yollara sapma özgürlüÄŸü kal?r insan?n.

Yaln?zca zenginliÄŸinizi nas?l kullanaca??n?z? bildiÄŸinizde gerçekten zengindiniz. Zengin olmak demek, parayla olduÄŸu kadar hayatla da ne yapaca??n? bilmek demekti, yaln?zca para kazanmak deÄŸildi.

A??r? dindarl?k, iki farkl? ÅŸekilde ç?kar kar??m?za; birincisinde dünyadan günah? silmeyi amaçlayarak kendi fikirlerini herkese empoze etmeye çal???r; diÄŸerinde ise tehlikeli etkilerden ar?nm??, içine kapal? bir varoluÅŸa ulaÅŸabilmek için kendini dünyan?n günahkarl???ndan uzaklaÅŸt?r?r.

Anlamak, anlaÅŸmazl??? ortadan kald?rmaz, ama anlaÅŸmazl??? zenginlik veren bir deneyime dönüÅŸtürür; insanda, insanl???n çeÅŸitliliÄŸinin gizemli dünyas?na kabul edildiÄŸine ve yaln?zca k?smen ya??yor olmaktan kurtulabileceÄŸine dair bir his yarat?r.

Özgürlük, yaln?zca bir hak deÄŸildir; kazan?lmas? gereken bir beceridir ayn? zamanda; insan?n dünyay? kendi göz mercekleri d???nda farkl? mercekler alt?nda görebilme ve daha önce kimsenin hayal etmediÄŸi bir ÅŸeyi hayal etme becerisidir, güzellik, anlam ve ilham bulmakt?r. Her hayat, özgürlük hakk?nda yaz?lm?? bir hikayedir.

Numai atunci cand vor invata sa dialogheze oamenii vor incepe sa fie egali.

The vast majority of scientists devote a large part of their efforts to writing articles which are never read.

Everything that is remembered about the past is washed, and often drowned, in nostalgia, pride, illusions and passions of all kinds.

Din eskiden ÅŸiirseldi. Ancak bask?lar alt?nda nesre dönüÅŸtü. Bilimle ayn? boks ringine girdiÄŸini düÅŸündü ve tan?nmaz hale geldi.

And what does Juliette think about at work? 'Why, nothing. At work I don't think, or I think about my saucepans.' Work is relaxation from home.

Die verborgenen Gedanken in den Köpfen der Anderen sind das große Dunkel, das uns umgibt.

I have chosen to write about women, because I am not one myself, and because I have always preferred to write about subjects which do not tempt me to be so arrogant as to believe that I can ever fully understand them, but above all because many women seem to me to be looking at life with fresh eyes, and their autobiographies, in various forms, are the most original part of contemporary literature

My heart is open to all the winds: It is a pasture for gazelles And a home for Christian monks, A temple for idols, The Black Stone of the Mecca pilgrim, The table of the Torah, And the book of the Koran. Mine is the religion of love. Wherever God's caravans turn, The religion of love Shall be my religion And my faith.

You cannot measure the minute nuance that makes the difference between being happy and unhappy at work.

We are already seeing the creation of a new kind of network based on friendships: Startups, which are often founded by friends, are the beginning of something that could reshape social relations.

Families have become models for public life, constructing friendships between individuals of different temperaments, ambitions and ages, even if they are often unsuccessful. People now want, above all, appreciation of their uniqueness.

The main purpose of engaging in conversation can no longer be personal advancement or respectability. Instead, I'd like for us to use conversations to create equality, to open ourselves to strangers, and, most practically, to remake our working world.

Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals.

Two individuals, conversing honestly, can be inspired by the feeling that they are engaged in a joint enterprise, aiming at inventing an art which has not been tried before.

What does it mean to dance? What does it mean to commit a crime? What does it mean to be anxious? What does it mean to tell a joke? The great thing about the French is that they have thought about these subjects in a great variety of ways and are a very articulate people.

I don't think fear can be abolished.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

When two people talk with mutual respect and listen with a real interest in understanding another point of view, when they try to put themselves in the place of another, to get inside their skin, they change the world, even if it is only by a minute amount, because they are establishing equality between two human beings.