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Paul Dirac Foto

“If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand.”
Si eres humilde y receptivo, las matemáticas te guiarán de la mano.

Paul Dirac (1902–1984) theoretical physicist

As quoted in The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom (2009) by Graham Farmelo, p. 435
Contexto: If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand. Again and again, when I have been at a loss how to proceed, I have just had to wait until I have felt the mathematics led me by the hand. It has led me along an unexpected path, a path where new vistas open up, a path leading to new territory, where one can set up a base of operations, from which one can survey the surroundings and plan future progress.

Mikhail Lermontov Foto

“Women love only those whom they do not know!”
¡Las mujeres solo aman a quienes no conocen!

Mikhail Lermontov libro Un héroe de nuestro tiempo

A Hero of Our Time (1840; rev. 1841)

Mikhail Lermontov Foto
Mahatma Gandhi Foto

“Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

Basic Education (1951) p. 89
Posthumous publications (1950s and later)
Contexto: Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.

Randy Pausch Foto
Herodotus Foto
Jean Cocteau Foto

“Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.”
Todo lo que uno hace en la vida, incluso el amor, ocurre en un tren expreso que corre hacia la muerte. Fumar opio es salir del tren mientras está en movimiento. Es implicarse a si mismo en algo distinto que la vida y la muerte.

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

Opium (1929)

H.L. Mencken Foto

“A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is never really miserable.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

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1940s–present, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
Contexto: Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them. A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is never really miserable.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Foto

“Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. ”
Es mejor haber amado y perdido que jamás haber amado.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Albert Schweitzer Foto
Benjamin Franklin Foto

“Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
Gordon Ramsay Foto

“I think pressure’s healthy, and very few can handle it.”
Creo que la presión es saludable y muy pocos pueden manejarla.

Gordon Ramsay (1966) British chef, writer and TV presenter
Joanne K. Rowling Foto

“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
La imaginación no es sólo la capacidad humana de imaginar lo que no es y, por tanto, la fuente de toda invención e innovación. En su capacidad más transformadora y reveladora, es el poder que nos permite empatizar con seres humanos cuyas experiencias nunca hemos compartido.

Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series

Harvard address (2008)

Jacque Fresco Foto
Max Planck Foto

“Truth never triumphs—its opponents just die out.”

Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist

Variante: Science advances one funeral at a time.

Benjamin Disraeli Foto

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Khalil Gibran Foto
Franz Liszt Foto
Confucius Foto
Daisaku Ikeda Foto
Barack Obama Foto
Sojourner Truth Foto

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury Foto

“A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.”

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913) British banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath
Albert Einstein Foto
A.A. Milne Foto
Douglas Adams Foto
Arthur Rubinstein Foto

“Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
Por supuesto no hay una fórmula para el éxito excepto, tal vez, aceptar incondicionalmente la vida y todo lo que trae consigo.

Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982) Polish-American classical pianist
Mwanandeke Kindembo Foto
Mwanandeke Kindembo Foto
Mwanandeke Kindembo Foto
Mwanandeke Kindembo Foto
George Orwell Foto
George Orwell Foto

“But it takes a war to make map-reading popular.”

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

Fuente: "As I Please," Tribune (11 February 1944)

Audrey Hepburn Foto
Pavel Durov Foto

“Every one of us is going to die eventually, but we as a species will stick around for a while. That’s why I think accumulating money, fame or power is irrelevant. Serving humanity is the only thing that really matters in the long run.”

Pavel Durov (1984) Russian entrepreneur

" Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure https://telegra.ph/Why-WhatsApp-Will-Never-Be-Secure-05-15" 2019-05-15
In reference to his expatriation from Russia after refusing to breach the privacy of VK users for the government

Teal Swan Foto
Erich Maria Remarque Foto
Oscar Wilde Foto
Robert Fulghum Foto

“Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”

Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer

As quoted in Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden (2003) by Bonita Jean Zimmer, p. 182

Terry Pratchett Foto

“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Pratchett is credited as author of this, as quoted in Ghost Cats : Human Encounters with Feline Spirits (2007) by Dusty Rainbolt, p. 7, and in Chicken Soup for the Soul : What I Learned from the Cat (2009) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark
Quote attributed to unknown author, in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Cats : And the People Who Love Them (2004) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Sharon J. Wohlmuth, p. 1
General sources
Variante: In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods. They have never forgotten this.

Charles Bukowski Foto

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”
A veces te levantas de la cama por la mañana y piensas que no lo vas a lograr, pero te ríes por dentro, recordando todas las veces que te has sentido así.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Henry James Foto

“Don't mind anything anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”
Ignora lo que otros te digan de los demás. Juzga a todos y a todo por ti mismo.

Henry James libro The Portrait of a Lady

Fuente: The Portrait of a Lady (1881), Ch. XXIII.

James Frey Foto

“There are never words for the strongest of our feelings. There is just the pain that we cannot share. Pain we must all feel alone.”

James Frey libro The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

Fuente: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

George Sand Foto

“We cannot tear a single page from our life, but we can throw the whole book into the fire.”

George Sand libro Mauprat

Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu.
Fuente: Mauprat, ch. 11 (1837); Matilda M. Hays (trans.) Mauprat (London: E. Churton, 1847) p. 121

Bruce Lee Foto

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
C.G. Jung Foto

“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”

C.G. Jung libro Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Variante: ‎"... the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Fuente: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963), p. 326

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Foto
Oscar Wilde Foto

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”
Para recobrar mi juventud haría cualquier cosa en el mundo, excepto hacer ejercicio, levantarme temprano o ser respetable.

Oscar Wilde libro El retrato de Dorian Gray

Variante: I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
Fuente: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Terry Pratchett Foto

“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Fuente: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Colette Foto

“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”
Los compañeros perfectos no tienen menos de cuatro patas.

Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi
Charles Darwin Foto

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection"

Fuente: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82

Adolf Hitler Foto

“if you want to shine like sun first you have to burn like it.”
Si quieres brillar como el sol, primero tienes que arder cómo él.

Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Oscar Wilde Foto

“I like men who have a future and women who have a past.”
Los hombres interesantes son los que tienen un futuro. Las mujeres interesantes, las que tienen un pasado.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
George Carlin Foto

“Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Books, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)
Fuente: When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

Johnny Depp Foto
Bob Dylan Foto

“Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Song lyrics, Time Out of Mind (1997), Not Dark Yet

Albert Einstein Foto
Georgia O'Keeffe Foto

“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist

O'Keeffe's contribution (1939) to the exhibition catalogue of the show An American place (1944)
1930 - 1950
Fuente: Georgia O'Keeffe
Contexto: A flower is relatively small. Everyone has many associations with a flower - the idea of flowers. You put out your hand to touch the flower — lean forward to smell it — maybe touch it with your lips almost without thinking — or give it to someone to please them. Still — in a way — nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small — we haven't time — and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time... So I said to myself — I'll paint what I see — what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at it — I will make even busy New-Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers... Well — I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower — and I don't.

Hannah Arendt Foto
Milan Kundera Foto

“She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It differentiated her from the others”

Milan Kundera libro La insoportable levedad del ser

Fuente: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Ernest Hemingway Foto

“Never confuse movement with action.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

As quoted by Marlene Dietrich, who added "In those five words he gave me a whole philosophy." Pt. 1, Ch. 1
Papa Hemingway (1966)
Variante: Never mistake motion for action.

Helen Keller Foto
Friedrich Nietzsche Foto

“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.”
Yo no creería más que en un dios que supiese bailar.

Friedrich Nietzsche libro Así habló Zaratustra

Variante: I would only believe in a god who could dance.
Fuente: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Aristotle Foto

“The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
George Orwell Foto
Marcus Tullius Cicero Foto
Leonard Cohen Foto

“You go to Heaven once you've been to Hell”

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter

Fuente: Song Paper Thin Hotel

Margaret Mead Foto

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Nunca dudes de que un pequeño grupo de ciudadanos reflexivos y comprometidos puede cambiar el mundo. De hecho, han sido los únicos que lo han hecho.

Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist

Fuente: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657 note: 1940s, Male and Female (1949)

Arthur C. Clarke Foto

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
Estoy seguro de que el universo está lleno de vida inteligente. Simplemente ha sido demasiado inteligente como para venir hasta aquí

Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host

IRC discussion at Scifi.com (1 November 1996) http://web.archive.org/web/20021201214228/http://www.scifi.com/transcripts/aclarke.txt with Clarke and Gentry Lee
1990s

Emile Zola Foto

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud!”

Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)

As quoted in Writers on Writing‎ (1986) by Jon Winokur.
Variante: If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

Will Durant Foto

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
Somos lo que hacemos repetidamente. La excelencia, por lo tanto, no es un acto, sino un hábito.

Will Durant libro The Story of Philosophy

Variante: We are what we repeatedly do. Greatness then, is not an act, but a habit
Fuente: The Story of Philosophy (1926), p. 87. The quoted phrases within the quotation are from the Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, 4; Book I, 7.
Contexto: Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have these because we have acted rightly; 'these virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions'; we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit: 'the good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life... for as it is not one swallow or one fine day that makes a spring, so it is not one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy'.

Bob Marley Foto

“My feet is my only carriage.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Marcus Aurelius Foto

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

Marcus Aurelius libro Meditaciones

Misattributed
Fuente: Cited as being from The Meditations. This quote does not exist there; although there are several other statements about everything being an opinion, none of these are connected to a sentence about perspectives.

William Blake Foto

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.”
Un necio no ve el mismo árbol que un sabio.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
John Steinbeck Foto

“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.”
Creo que una mujer fuerte puede ser más fuerte que un hombre, especialmente si está enamorada. Creo que una mujer que ama es indestructible. Mi padre dijo que ella era una mujer fuerte y yo creo que una mujer fuerte puede ser mas fuerte que un hombre, especialmente si está enamorada. Creo que una mujer que ama es indestructible.

John Steinbeck libro Al este del Edén

Variante: My father said she was a strong woman, and I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is almost indestructible.
Fuente: East of Eden

William Shakespeare Foto

“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.”

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet

Fuente: King Henry VI, Part 3

Alfred Adler Foto

“Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.”

Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist
Henny Youngman Foto
Eleanor Roosevelt Foto

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”
En tiempos de cambio, quienes estén abiertos al aprendizaje se adueñarán del futuro, mientras que aquellos que creen saberlo todo estarán bien equipados para un mundo que ya no existe.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

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