Quotes About Decision

We can never know what to want, because, only living one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor the perfect it in our lives to come.

Todas las situaciones básicas de la vida son sin retorno. Para que el hombre sea hombre, tiene que atravesar la imposibilidad de retorno con plena conciencia.

We can never know what we want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come. Was it better to be with Tereza or to remain alone? There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?

Nunca se pode saber o que se deve querer porque só se tem uma vida que não pode ser comparada com vidas anteriores nem rectificada em vidas posteriores.

So fateful a decision resting on so fortuitous a love

We might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. Aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it.

Human decisions are terribly simple.

Il n'existe aucun moyen de vérifier quelle décision est la bonne car il n'existe aucune comparaison. Tout est vécu tout de suite pour la première fois et sans préparation. Comme si un acteur entrait en scène sans avoir jamais répété. Mais que peut valoir la vie, si la première répétition de la vie est la vie même?

Ne?manoma patikrinti, kuris sprendimas geresnis, nes n?ra su kuo lyginti. Žmogus visk? išgyvena pirm? kart? ir be jokio pasiruošimo. Tarsi aktorius vaidint? scenoje be repeticij?. <...> m?s? gyvenimas, n?ra ruoša, tai apmatai be paveikslo.

El quid de la cuestión estaba en la imposibilidad del retorno. Todas las situaciones básicas de la vida son sin retorno. Para que el hombre sea hombre, tiene que atravesar la imposibilidad de retorno con plena conciencia.

He looked down at her and realized how lovely she was and how difficult it would be to tear himself away. But the world beyond the window was even more beautiful. And if he was leaving a beloved woman for its sake, then that world would be even more enhanced by the price of a betrayed love.

We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lived to come.

Y le dio pena que, en una situación como aquella, en la que un hombre de verdad sería capaz de tomar inmediatamente una decisión, él dudase, privando así de su significado al momento más hermoso que había vivido jamás

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?

El quid de la cuestión estaba en la imposibilidad del retorno. Todas las situaciones básicas d ella vida son sin retorno. Para que el hombre sea hombre, tiene que atravesar la imposibilidad de retorno con plena conciencia.

Einmal ist keinmal ditor Tomas kendi kendine. Sadece bir kere olan ÅŸey diyor Alman özdeyiÅŸi, hiç olmam?? say?l?r. YaÅŸanacak bir tek hayat?m?z varsa eÄŸer, onu hiç yaÅŸamam?? da olabiliriz , farketmez.

Siempre he admirado a los creyentes. Pensaba que estaban dotados de un don especial de percepción ultra sensorial del que yo carecía. Algo así como los videntes. Pero mi hijo me demuestra que creer realidad muy fácil. Cuando estaba en apuros, le echaron una mano los católicos y de pronto apareció la fe. Es posible que haya decidido creer por agradecimiento. Las decisiones de los hombres son muy simples

?ovjek može sam sebi oduzeti život. Ali, ?ovjek ne može sam sebi oduzeti besmrtnost.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

I have been enormously impressed by the role that pure chance plays in determining our life history. I was reminded of some famous lines of Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both I took the one less travled by, And that has made all the difference. As I recalled my own experience and development, I was impressed by the series of lucky accidents that determined the road I traveled. > From Lives of the Laureates pg.67

As with all my children, you must find your own path, and through that discovery, you will decide what each earth child must ultimately decide-whether she chooses chaos or love.

You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica.

Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait.