Šćepan Mali

“Study changes a man, puts pride into him. You need it to get to the bottom of life. Without it you just skim the surface. You think you're in the know, but trifles throw you off. You dream too much. You content yourself with words instead of going deeper. That's not what you wanted. Intentions, appearances, no more. A man of character can't content himself with that. Medicine, even if I wasn't very gifted, had brought me a good deal closer to people, to animals, everything. Now all I had to do was plunge straight into the heart of things. Death is chasing you, you've got to hurry, and while you're looking you've got to eat, and keep away from wars. That's a lot of things to do. It's no picnic.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“Readers, friends, if you turn these pages
Put your prejudice aside,
For, really, there's nothing here that's outrageous,
Nothing sick, or bad — or contagious.
Not that I sit here glowing with pride
For my book: all you'll find is laughter:
That's all the glory my heart is after,
Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you.
I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
For laughter makes men human, and courageous.”
― François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel

“Thinking only begins at the point where we have come to know that Reason, glorified for centuries, is the most obstinate adversary of thinking.”
― Martin Heidegger

“Св'јет је овај тиран тиранину,
А камоли души благородној!
Он је состав паклене неслоге:
У њ ратује душа са тијелом,
у њ ратује море са бреговима,
у њ ратује зима и топлина,
у њ ратују вјетри с вјетровима,
у њ ратује живина с живином,
У њ ратује народ са народом,
У њ ратује човјек са човјеком,
У њ ратују дневи са ноћима,
У њ ратују дуси с небесима.”
― Petar II Petrović Njegoš