Quotes About Understanding

Allora non erano due esseri umani, erano un essere umano solo, in inconsapevole, completo benessere, soddisfatti di se stessi e del mondo. Se si fosse trattenuto uno dei due all'estremità opposta della casa, l'altro, involontariamente, si sarebbe a poco a poco avvicinato a lui. La vita era per loro un enigma, e solo insieme trovavano la sua soluzione.

Allwissend bin ich nicht; doch viel ist mir bewusst.

So fühlt man Absicht und man ist verstimmt.

Weil du die Augen offen hast, glaubst du, du siehst.

Love does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more.

He whose vision cannot cover History's three thousand years, Must in outer darkness hover, Live within the day's frontiers.

Nessun cupo dolore l'aveva colta più violentemente di questa chiarezza, che ella cercava di rendere ancora più lucida, come si è soliti fare tormentandosi da sé, una volta che abbiamo iniziato ad essere tormentati.

Wir lernen die Menschen nicht kennen, wenn sie zu uns kommen; wir müssen zu ihnen gehen, um zu erfahren, wie es mit ihnen steht.

Ama yürekten yüre?e bir pencereyi, Ancak yüre?inizle açabilirsiniz.

Der Verständige findet fast alles lächerlich, der Vernünftige fast nichts.

Yaln?z, kendime baya?? bir k?zg?nd?m, Size daha fazla k?zamad???m için.

Beim Übersetzen muss man bis ans Unübersetzbare herangehen; alsdann wird man aber erst die fremde Nation und die fremde Sprache gewahr.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wer nicht von dreitausend Jahren Sich weiss Rechenschaft zu geben, Bleib im Dunkeln, unerfahren, Mag von Tag zu Tage leben.

The most important thing to remember is that all fact is already theory.

Wenn du eine weise Antwort verlangst, musst du vernünftig fragen.

Das Wahre, mit dem Göttlichen identisch, läßt sich niemals von uns direkt erkennen, wir schauen es nur im Abglanz, im Beispiel, Symbol, in einzelnen und verwandten Erscheinungen; wir werden es gewahr als unbegreifliches Leben und können dem Wunsch nicht entsagen, es dennoch zu begreifen.

Habe nun, ach! Philosophie, Juristerei und Medizin, Und leider auch Theologie Durchaus studiert, mit heißem Bemühn. Da steh' ich nun, ich armer Tor, Und bin so klug als wie zuvor! Heiße Magister, heiße Doktor gar, Und ziehe schon an die zehen Jahr' Herauf, herab und quer und krumm Meine Schüler an der Nase herum - Und sehe, daß wir nichts wissen können!

Shame upon him who can look on calmly, and exclaim, 'The foolish girl! she should have waited; she should have allowed time to wear off the impression; her despair would have been softened, and she would have found another lover to comfort her.' One might as well say, 'The fool, to die of a fever! why did he not wait till his strength was restored, till his blood became calm? all would then have gone well, and he would have been alive now.

I never felt happier, I never understood nature better, even down to the veriest stem or smallest blade of grass; and yet I am unable to express myself: my powers of execution are so weak, everything seems to swim and float before me, so that I cannot make a clear, bold outline. But I fancy I should succeed better if I had some clay or wax to model.

Anthony to James about Jeremy : "Need I remind you this is a seventeen-year-old boy we're talking about?" "Need I remind you what you were like when you were seventeen?" James countered.

Lady, no man in his right mind would want to kill you. There's many things I could think of that a man would want to do to you, but killing isn't one of them.

You knew I would not kill you!" "Not then I did not!

Tanya didn't know how important her answer was to him