Nariman > Nariman's Quotes

“A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
― Albert Einstein

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
― Neil Gaiman

“یک چیز بسیار زیبا وجود دارد. هیچ . به هیچ فکر کن”
― Heinrich Böll

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
― Rumi

“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.”
― Anne Rice, The Witching Hour

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

“Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”
― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

“Find what you love and let it kill you.”
― Charles Bukowski

“تو فاقد آن خصلتی هستی که انسان را تبدیل به یک مرد می کند و آن همانا تحمل کردن و درک شرایط است.”
― Heinrich Böll, The Clown

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“پروردگارا
گریه مکن
درست می‌شود
اینان پیامبران شما نیستند
پیامبران شما
کتاب‌هایشان را خمیر کرده‌اند
و بر سر بازار
کاغذ می‌فروشند”
― شمس لنگرودی, باغبان جهنم

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
― Sir Francis Bacon

“در طی تجربيات زندگی به اين مطلب برخوردم که چه ورطه ی هولناکی ميان من و ديگران وجود دارد
و فهميدم که تا ممكن است بايد خاموش شد، تا ممكن است بايد افكار خودم را برای خودم نگه دارم”
― صادق هدایت, The Blind Owl

“دوش می‌گفت که فردا بدهم کام دلت / سببی ساز خدایا که پشیمان نشود”
― حافظ شیرازی

“هزار جهد بکردم که سر عشق بپوشم
نبود بر سر آتش میسرم که نجوشم
به هوش بودم از اول که دل به کس نسپارم
شمایل تو بدیدم نه صبر ماند و نه هوشم
حکایتی ز دهانت به گوش جان من آمد
دگر نصیحت مردم حکایتست به گوشم
مگر تو روی بپوشی و فتنه بازنشانی
که من قرار ندارم که دیده از تو بپوشم
من رمیده دل آن به که در سماع نیایم
که گر به پای درآیم به دربرند به دوشم
بیا به صلح من امروز در کنار من امشب
که دیده خواب نکردست از انتظار تو دوشم
مرا به هیچ بدادی و من هنوز بر آنم
که از وجود تو مویی به عالمی نفروشم
به زخم خورده حکایت کنم ز دست جراحت
که تندرست ملامت کند چو من بخروشم
مرا مگوی که سعدی طریق عشق رها کن
سخن چه فایده گفتن چو پند می‌ننیوشم
به راه بادیه رفتن به از نشستن باطل
و گر مراد نیابم به قدر وسع بکوشم”
― Sa'di Shirazi

“فصل عوض می‌شود
جای آلو را
خرمالو می‌گیرد
جای دلتنگی را
دلتنگی”
― علیرضا روشن

“ساقی و مطرب و مِی جمله مهیاست، ولی
عیش بی یار مهیا نشود، یار کجاست؟”
― حافظ

“
پـرِ پـرواز ندارم
امّا
دلی دارم و حسرتِ دُرنـاها

و به هنگامی که مرغانِ مهاجر
در دریاچه‌ی ماه‌تاب
پارو می‌کشند،
خوشا رهــا کردن و رفتــن!
خوابی دیگــر
به مُردابی دیگر!
خوشا ماندابی دیگر
به ساحلی دیگر
به دریایی دیگر!

خوشا پر کشیدن، خوشا رهایی،
خوشا اگر نه رها زیستن، مُردن به رهایی!
آه، این پرنده
در این قفسِ تنگ
نمی‌خواند
”
― احمد شاملو / Ahmad Shamlou, آیدا: درخت و خنجر و خاطره

“بهار آمد، پریشان باغ من افسرده بود اما
به جو باز آمد آب رفته، ماهی مرده بود اما”
― مهدی اخوان ثالث, قاصدک

“This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis