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“Time is not money, but a sacred free gift. Priceless.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Life and reading are not separate activities, When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
― A Life with Books
― A Life with Books
“Einmal sagte sie: "Ich finde, ein Mann, der mit einem Wal zusammengestoßen ist, braucht nicht ganz normal zu sein."
"Ich bin aber normal", erklärte ich.
"Ach!"
Es gibt Achs, mit denen könnte man Atomkerne schmelzen.”
― Der Allesforscher
"Ich bin aber normal", erklärte ich.
"Ach!"
Es gibt Achs, mit denen könnte man Atomkerne schmelzen.”
― Der Allesforscher
“The humanities are always in crisis. I no longer believe this is an institutional matter – it’s in the nature of intellectual life, or of thought itself. Thinking is always in crisis.”
― What We Can Know
― What We Can Know
“Oh oak tree, how they have pruned you.
Now you stand odd and strangely shaped!
You were hacked a hundred times
until you had nothing left but spite and will!
I am like you, so many insults and humiliations
could not shatter my link with life.
And every day I raise my head
beyond countless insults towards new light.
What in me was once gentle, sweet and tender
this world has ridiculed to death.
But my true self cannot be murdered.
I am at peace and reconciled.
I grow new leaves with patience
from branches hacked a hundred times.
In spite of all the pain and sorrow
I'm still in love with this mad, mad world.”
― Bäume: Betrachtungen und Gedichte
Now you stand odd and strangely shaped!
You were hacked a hundred times
until you had nothing left but spite and will!
I am like you, so many insults and humiliations
could not shatter my link with life.
And every day I raise my head
beyond countless insults towards new light.
What in me was once gentle, sweet and tender
this world has ridiculed to death.
But my true self cannot be murdered.
I am at peace and reconciled.
I grow new leaves with patience
from branches hacked a hundred times.
In spite of all the pain and sorrow
I'm still in love with this mad, mad world.”
― Bäume: Betrachtungen und Gedichte
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