Quotes About Lightness

Life is too serious to be taken seriously

she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too seriously, turning everything into a tragedy, and failed to grasp the lightness and amusing insignificance of physical love. How she wished she could learn lightness! She yearned for someone to help her out of her anachronistic shell.

The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?

History is as light as individual human life, unbearably light, light as a feather, as dust swirling into the air, as whatever will no longer exist tomorrow.

He had entered Parmenides' magic field: he was enjoying the sweet lightness of being.

Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden, but the unbearable lightness of being

How she wished she could learn lightness!

mother] belonged to a realm of other creatures: smaller, lighter, more easily blown away.

The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us. Sabina was unaware of the goal that lay behind her longing to betray. The unbearable lightness of being —was that the goal?

Her drama was no drama of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden but the unbearable lightness of being

Quanto mais pesado o fardo, mais próxima da terra está a nossa vida, e mais ela é real e verdadeira. Por outro lado, a ausência total de fardo faz com que o ser humano se torne mais leve do que o ar, com que ele voe, se distancie da terra, do ser terrestre, faz com que ele se torne semi-real, que seus movimentos sejam tão livres quanto insignificantes. Então, o que escolher? O peso ou a leveza?

La historia es igual de leve que una vida humana singular, insoportablemente leve, leve como una pluma, como el polvo que flota, como aquello que mañana ya no existirá.

She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too seriously, turning everything into a tragedy, and failed to grasp the lightness and amusing insignificance of physical love. How she wished she could learn lightness! She yearned for someone to help her out of her anachronistic shell.

O drama de uma vida pode sempre ser explicado pela metáfora do peso. Dizemos que temos um fardo sobre os ombros. Carregamos esse fardo, que suportamos ou não. Lutamos com ele, perdemos ou ganhamos. O que precisamente aconteceu com Sabina? nada. Deixara um homem porque quis deixá-lo. Ele a perseguira depois disso? Quis vingar-se? Não. Seu drama não era de peso, mais de leveza. O que se abatera sobre ela não era um fardo, mas a insustentável leveza do ser.

Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of earth abd his earthy being, and become half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant.

Einmal ist keinmal. What happens but once might as well not have happened at all. The history of the Czechs will not be repeated, nor will the history of Europe. The history of the Czechs and of Europe is a pair of sketches from the pen of mankind's fateful inexperience, unbearably light, light as a feather, as dust swirling into the air, as whatever will no longer exist tomorrow.

Onun tümüyle kendisinin olmas?n?, kendisini bütün varl???yla ona vermeyi istiyordu, ama ona her ÅŸeyi vermeye ne kadar çok çabalarsa, pek derin olmayan, yüzeysel bir aÅŸk?n ya da flört etmenin gerektirdiÄŸi ÅŸeyleri genç adamdan esirgediÄŸi duygusuna da o kadar çok kap?l?yordu.Kendisini ciddiliÄŸi hafiflikle birleÅŸtirememekle k?n?yordu.

The absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into the heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant

Tragedien hennes var ikke vektens, men letthetens tragedie. Det som hadde senket seg ned over henne, var ikke en byrde, men tilværelsens uutholdelige letthet.

Is heaviness truly deplorable and lightness splendid?

L'assenza assoluta di un fardello fa sì che l'uomo diventi più leggero dell'aria, prenda il volo verso l'alto, si allontani dalla terra, dall'essere terreno, diventi solo a metà reale e i suoi movimenti siano tanto liberi quanto privi di significato.

La ausencia absoluta de carga hace que el hombre se vuelva más ligero que el aire, vuele hacia lo alto, se distancie de la tierra, de su ser terreno, que sea real sólo a medias y sus movimientos sean tan libres como insignificantes.

Quanto mais pesado for o fardo, mais próxima da terra se encontra a nossa vida e mais real e verdadeira é. Em contrapartida, a ausência total de fardo faz com que o ser humano se torne mas leve do que o ar... (...) Que escolher, então? O peso ou a leveza?

Sólo una cosa es segura: la contradicción entre peso y levedad es la más misteriosa y equívoca de todas las contradicciones.