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Quotes About Unknown

And it is a fact an absolute fact that there are creatures on the surface of this earth that have never been studied by man . . . There are other worls - worlds within this world - that we can only begin to imagine. We may think we have seen all that there is to be seen on this tiny planet of ours. We most certainly have not - and perhaps never shall.
~ Steve Augarde
A rhyme invented by Russian conscripts went: Afghanistan A wonderland Just drop into a store And you'll be seen no more13
~ Steve Coll
The truth about mental health is that the causes of all of the mental conditions you hear about are unknown, and the idea that "hidden diseases" lurk behind human suffering is an out-and-out failure.
~ Steven C. Hayes
Show me a mortal who is not pursued, and I'll show you a corpse. Every hunter is hunted, every mind that knows itself has stalkers. We drive and are driven. The unknown pursues the ignorant, the truth assails every scholar wise enough to know his ignorance, for that is the meaning of unknowable truths.
~ Steven Erikson
Then after that I asked this fella what rights he had that we were offendin', and he said, well, he didn't know, but he must have some rights he didn't know nothin' about.
~ Michael Shaara
façades of the unknown city loomed up before him, harboring unimaginable wonders—his whole life had been leading up to this.
~ Michel Faber
If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it? What is true for writing and for a love relationship is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don't know what will be the end.
~ Michel Foucault
He's already the devil knows where!
~ Mikhail Bulgakov
Soon the room had that desolate look that comes from the chaos of packing up to go away and, worse, from removing the shade from the lamp. Never, never take the shade off a lamp. A lampshade is something sacred. Scuttle away like a rat from danger and into the unknown. Read or doze beside your lampshade; let the storm howl outside and wait until they come for you.
~ Mikhail Bulgakov
Wanita cuma mencintai orang yang tidak mereka kenal
~ Mikhail Lermontov
avanço sempre mais decidido quando não sei o que me espera
~ Mikhail Lermontov
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal? Betrayal means breaking ranks and breaking off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.
~ Milan Kundera
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offense imaginable. But what is betrayal?…Betrayal means breaking ranks and breaking off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.
~ Milan Kundera
Large countries'] patriotism is different: they are buoyed by their glory, their importance, their universal mission. The Czechs loved their country not because it was glorious but because it was unknown; not because it was big but because it was small and in constant danger. Their patriotism was an enormous compassion for their country.
~ Milan Kundera
Horror is a shock, a time of utter blindness. Horror lacks every hint of beauty. All we can see is the piercing light of an unknown event awaiting us. Sadness, on the other hand, assumes we are in the know... The light of horror thus lost its harshness, and the world was bathed in a gentle, bluish light that actually beautified it.
~ Milan Kundera
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?
~ Milan Kundera
Jaromil had always regarded the future as an awesome mystery. It comprised everything unknown, and for that reason it lured and terrified. It was the opposite of certainty, the opposite of home.
~ Milan Kundera
he could not quite understand what had happened. he began to sense an aura of hitherto unknown happiness emanating from them
~ Milan Kundera
A whole life has already been determined at a stage when we didn't know a thing
~ Milan Kundera
le but que l'on poursuit est toujours voilé. Une jeune fille qui a envie de se marier a envie d'une chose qui lui est tout à fait inconnue. Le jeune homme qui court après la gloire n'a aucune idée de ce qu'est la gloire. Ce qui donne un sens à notre conduite nous est toujours totalement inconnu. (partie III, ch. 10)
~ Milan Kundera
The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.
~ Milan Kundera
Raised as we are on the mythology of the Old Testament, we might say that an idyll is an image that has remained with us like a memory of Paradise: life in Paradise was not like following a straight line to the unknown; it was not an adventure. It moved in a circle among known objects. Its monotony bred happiness, not boredom.
~ Milan Kundera
A traição. Desde crianças que ouvimos os nossos pais e os nossos professores repetir que é a coisa mais abominável que pode ser concebida. Mas o que é trair? Trair é sair da fila e partir em direcção ao desconhecido. Para Sabina não há nada mais belo do que partir para o desconhecido.
~ Milan Kundera
La meta che l'uomo persegue è sempre velata. La ragazza che desidera il matrimonio desidera qualcosa di cui non sa nulla. Il giovane che brama la gloria non ha alcuna idea di cosa sia questa gloria. Ciò che dà un senso al nostro comportamento è sempre qualcosa che ci è completamente sconosciuto.
~ Milan Kundera