Quotes from Eraldo Banovac

Time runs independently of us, and we cannot comprehend the flow of time. Time is a category in itself.

There will come a time when people will realize the greatest mysteries of the universe: will a human then meet anything other than himself?

Criticism addressed to a person can only be of benefit if it was said in the right way and at the right time.

Some old and unrealized ideas will undoubtedly be actualized when their time comes.

Some people have a handful of ideas, but not enough time to realize them.

Only the simplest of facts can be accepted as an undisputed truth.

Telling the truth is less demanding than telling a lie.

Only knowledge and truth may result in freedom of mind.

A deep consideration of the essence of knowledge should reveal how knowledge corresponds to the truth.

In real life, the truth is a rarity, while lies are common place.

Do not look for company at all costs, and especially do not allow loneliness to lead you to fickle love or false friendship.

A person who is too proud in love will suffer from the devastating bitterness in the end.

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

Being blinded in love and friendship is a common mistake.

Every fool has an idea how to change the world. Wise people think about how to improve the world around them.

A person with a big ego usually knows very little.

Two things influence one's wisdom: remarkable experience and – evenmuch more – accumulated knowledge.

Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom.

There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience, and patience.

It can be accepted that there is a price for man's work, time spent or service done, but never for human dignity.

Interestingly, people often boast that they are hard workers not understanding that hardworking means spending a lot of time and energy on work.

In the morning, people have a plan for that day. Hardworking people think of what they will do during the day, and idle people on what they should do.

There is no such complicated situation which people could not make more complicated.

Life is not complex at all when we do not think about it.