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Related Das gute Buch macht den Menschen einzigartig und befreit ihm aus der Menge. Es gibt ihm die Möglich... DAVID GROSSMAN Da kam noch einmal – ein einziges Mal – durch das Schweigen der Nacht das süße Seufzen wieder ... EDGAR ALLAN POE Der Pragmatismus ersetzt uns alles, was früher die großen Ideen, die Ideologien und Religionen, de... JULI ZEH Die großartigste Fähigkeit des menschlichen Geistes ist vielleicht die, mit Schmerzen fertig zu we... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Wie es im Zeitalter der Könige naiv gewesen wäre zu glauben, dass der erstgeborene Königssohn der... J.M. COETZEE Wir haben alle Angst. Angst zu verlieren, verlassen zu werden und wieder alleine zu sein. Trotzdem m... MARTINA RIEMER Man sollte meinen, in eine Million Stücke zerhackt und in den finstersten Teil der Unterwelt geworf... RICK RIORDAN Nun, wenn du siehst, wie etwas aus dem Meer kriecht und zu atmen versucht… Sag ihm, es sei die Mü... TERRY PRATCHETT Natürlich dauerte es eine Weile, bis alles kompliziert genug wurde, um Gaswolken, Galaxien, Planete... TERRY PRATCHETT Aber glaubt mir, dass man Glück und Zuversicht selbst in Zeiten der Dunkelheit zu finden vermag. Ma... J.K. ROWLING Lucas beobachtete, wie Helen aus dem Haus rannte und in Claires Wagen sprang. Sie sah erschöpft und... JOSEPHINE ANGELINI Rätselhafterweise ist Schriftsteller trotzdem der schönste Beruf der Welt. Mehr als das. Schriftst... JULI ZEH Ich habe sie Erfahrung gemacht, dass die Menschen aus vielen verschiedenen Schichten von Geheimnisse... VERONICA ROTH Was sind das für Konstellationen in der Gegenwart, in denen zufällige oder angeborene Unterschiede... CAROLIN EMCKE Das Bild vom Wirtschaftsgeschehen als einem Wettlauf oder Wettkampf ist in seinen Details etwas vers... J.M. COETZEE auf einem spielplatz im park hat sich ein junges paar auf zwei schaukeln gesetzt und führt ein lang... DAVID RAMIRER Wie ich höre, zeigt auch der Himmel eine Leidenschaft für das Neue. Ein Stern wird müde, ein Ster... ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Ein Optimist ist ein Mensch, der ein Dutzend Austern bestellt, in der Hoffnung, sie mit der Perle, d... THEODOR FONTANE Olaf hielt sich keineswegs für etwas Besonderes; seine Heavy-Metal-Kutte und die schwarzen T-Shirts... JULI ZEH Im frühen Mittelalter, im Anschluss an die Kreuzzüge, entwickelte sich dann die deutsche Alraunsag... HANNS HEINZ EWERS Solange wir Kinder sind, denken wir nur selten an die Zukunft. Diese Unschuld ermöglicht es uns, un... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Man kann davon überzeugt sein, sich etwas zu wünschen - vielleicht jahrelang - solang man weiß, d... MICHAEL ENDE Aber man lebt nicht ewig in einem Alptraum. Der Mensch hat die Fähigkeit, selbst in den abnormalste... NATASCHA KAMPUSCH Liebe war der Weg, ewig zu leben in einem einzigen Moment MATT HAIG Während die erste Tasse Tee mir die Lippen und Kehle befeuchtet, die zweite meine Trauer vertr... LU TONG Jeder erzählt in seinem eigenen Kopf eine Geschichte über sich. Ununterbrochen. Die ganze Zeit. Un... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewo... OLIVER HASSENCAMP Irgendwo war mir ein Rest von Glauben an den freien Willen geblieben, aber an diesem Morgen war ich ... ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Die schwere Verwundung Gregors, an der er über einen Monat litt -- der Apfel blieb, da ihn nie... FRANZ KAFKA Das Leben geht weiter. Manchmal fragte ich mich, ob diese Tatsache nicht das Grausamste an unse... MAX RHODE Sich mit diesem oder jenem zu identifizieren, ist also ein normaler Vorgang. Gefährlich wird es, so... NAVID KERMANI Der Wahnsinn ist nur die Kehrseite der Macht, beide Ungeheuer wurden erschaffen, um einander zu näh... FAWZI MELLAH Sie findet den Ausdruck als gemeinsame Verehrung eines Ideals, des Ideals objektiver Wahrheit, Klarh... LUDWIK FLECK [D]ie spezielle Müdigkeit, die jeden befällt, der sich anhören muss, was gut und böse, richtig u... JULI ZEH (...) Achtet immer darauf, das Gleichgewicht zwischen Kopf und Herz zu wahren. (...) Alw... COLLEEN HOOVER Simon." Ihre holte ihn in die Wirklichkeit zurück. "Simon, hörst du mir überhaupt zu?" "Hm? ... CASSANDRA CLARE Die meisten Lügen sind wahr und spinnen sich von ganz allein, kaum jemand kannte diese Wahrheit bes... CHRISTOPH MARZI Zu einem wahrhaften Menschen gehören viele Götter, und er verschließt in seinem Herzen alle die M... GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL Sollte ein Muggel so unklug sein, einem anderen anzuvertrauen, er habe einen Hippogreif gesehen, der... NEWT SCAMANDER Der Deutsche fährt nicht wie andere Menschen. Er fährt, um recht zu haben. KURT TUCHOLSKY Reue ist kontraproduktiv. Etwas bereuen heißt, mit einer gewissen Bitterkeit auf Vergangenes zurüc... COLLEEN HOOVER So sind die Dinge manchmal. Wenn alles am schlimmsten ist, dann wirft der Verstand alles in einen Pa... RICHARD BACHMAN Über des Propheten Gebein ist jedes Staubkorn ein Pfeiler von Licht, Aufrecht von der Ku... AL-FAITURI Das Amt für Desinformation pflegt nur bei schwersten Zusammenstößen von Magierwelt und Muggeln t�... NEWT SCAMANDER Wir alle, ob schuldig oder nicht, ob alt oder jung, müssen die Vergangenheit annehmen. Wir alle sin... RICHARD VON WEIZSäCKER The zeal of friends it is that razes me,
And not the hate of enemies.
[Ger., Der Freunde Eifer... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Am Anfang merkt man noch nicht viel davon. Man hat eines Tages keine Lust mehr irgendetwas zu tun. N... MICHAEL ENDE Einerseits überschätzen wir den Andern, andererseits unterschätzen wir ihn und wir überschätzen... THOMAS BERNHARD Wir sind nicht einmal in der Lage, eine Familie zu gründen, geschweige denn, uns mit einer Partei z... JULI ZEH Das Ufer des Flusses und der vielen glitzernden Bächlein, die ihm auf allerlei Umwegen zuströmten,... EDGAR ALLAN POE Truhe hatte eine ganz einfache Strategie, um mit Dingen fertig zu werden, die sich zwischen ihr und ... TERRY PRATCHETT In Homers Ilias scheint Thetis jedenfalls keine Einwände gegen die Beziehung ihres Sohnes Ac... YUVAL NOAH HARARI In meinem Krankenzimmer herrschte ein Kommen und Gehen. Ärzte, die Stationsschwester und ihre Schar... KATE MOSSE Wer niemals ganze Nachmittage lang mit glühenden Ohren und verstrubbeltem Haar über einem Buch sa�... MICHAEL ENDE Mit zunehmender Industrialisierung hört die Maschine auf, bloßes Werkzeug zu sein, beginnt ein Eig... HEIDE SCHöNEMANN in der Fußgängerzone kam Wind auf wie immer Wind aufkommt bei der Suche nach jenem richtigen Ort d... MARION POSCHMANN so höre denn, was zu hören lohnt: es fürchte der weise die nacht ohne mond. PATRICK ROTHFUSS Wir lernen aus unserer eigenen Geschichte, wozu der Mensch fähig ist. Deshalb dürfen wir uns nicht... RICHARD VON WEIZSäCKER Und ist es nicht ein wenig heuchlerisch jemanden „Ruhe in Frieden“ zu wünschen und dann die Bes... LORENZO FRICK Wenn der Alltag dir arm erscheint, klage ihn nicht an – klage dich an, daß du nicht stark genug b... RAINER MARIA RILKE »Ist euch schon mal aufgefallen, dass es keine Dynastie für Mörder, Vergewaltiger oder Diebe gibt... NICOLE GOZDEK Drei Fragen die du mit Ja beantworten musst: Bringt er dir in jeder Lebenslage Respekt un... COLLEEN HOOVER Die Herren der Information haben die Poesie aus dem Auge verloren, wo Worte eine Bedeutung haben kö... J.M. COETZEE Es ist oft kein geringes Zeichen von Humanität, einen Andern nicht beurteilen zu wollen und sich zu... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Genau genommen leben sehr wenige Menschen in der Gegenwart. Die meisten bereiten sich darauf vor, de... JONATHAN SWIFT Die Geheimnisse der Sklaverei werden genauso totgeschwiegen wie die der Inquisition. HARRIET ANN JACOBS Spione überall, wie?«Er sah sich in dem großen Raum um, und seine Aufmerksamkeit verweilte bei ei... TERRY PRATCHETT Das pädagogische Bedenken: „Darf man Kinder mit dem Hokuspokus afrikanischer Zauberer und böser ... WALTER MEHRING Aber jede noch so kleine Verbesserung meines Zustandes entfernte mich weiter von George, und in Wahr... KATE MOSSE Diese jungen Menschen hatten keine Wünsche, keine Überzeugungen, geschweige denn Ideale, sie streb... JULI ZEH Aus Lügen, die wir glauben, werden Wahrheiten, mit denen wir leben. OLIVER HASSENCAMP Ich selbst spiele nie Billard, [...],aber ich weiß, dass man den Ball hoch oder tief, rechts oder l... ROBERT MUSIL Wenn Leute uns ermutigen, unsere Träume zu verfolgen, dann warnt uns niemand davor, was passiert, w... ADRIANA POPESCU Ich habe in diesen Tagen viel über Liebe nachgedacht, und darüber, wie ich das Wort hasste und es ... JOHN UPDIKE Aber eigentlich müsste ich inzwischen genug über Verluste wissen, um zu begreifen, dass man nie wi... ALYSON NOEL Träume und Märchen waren ihr eigentlicher Lebensinhalt, dachte ich jetzt. Deshalb hat sie sich auc... THOMAS BERNHARD Es gibt kein Vergangenes, daß man zurücksehnen dürfte, es gibt nur ein ewig Neues, daß sich aus ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Erlaube," fuhr Meister Abraham fort, "erlaube, mein Johannes, mit dem Just magst du mich kaum vergle... E.T.A. HOFFMANN Siehst Du, Momo", sagte er, "es ist so: Manchmal hat man eine sehr lange Straße vor sich. Man denkt... MICHAEL ENDE Erinnern, das heißt, eines Geschehens so ehrlich und rein zu gedenken, daß es zu einem Teil des ei... RICHARD VON WEIZSäCKER Ein Greenhorn schleppt der Reinlichkeit wegen einen Waschschwamm von der Größe eines Riesenkürbis... KARL MAY [...] dass es völlig hirnrissig ist, etwas für andere Menschen zu tun, weil man selbst ein Mensch ... JULI ZEH Wie wohlhabend, wie einflussreich sie waren, wie sie prosperiert hatten unter einer Regierung, die s... IAN MCEWAN Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum nicht jede wächst zur Frucht sie schimmern hell wie... HERMANN HESSE Oh mein Sohn, es wird auch berichtet, dass Luqman (der Weise) seinem Sohn riet: "Oh Sohn, du möchte... أبو حامد محمد الغزالي Im Jahr 1970 noch protestierten Feministinnen gegen die Vergegenständlichung von Frauen in mondäne... KATHLEEN BARRY Ich liebe die großen Verachtenden, weil sie die großen Verehrenden sind und Pfeile der Sehnsucht n... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter un... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn, Röslein auf der Heiden, war so jung und morgenschön, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Aber die Liebe lässt einen genauer und immer genauer hinsehen. Man bemerkt den Handrücken, eine Dr... ALLY CONDIE Niemand ist mehr Sklave, als der sich für frei hält, ohne es zu sein . None are m... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Wäre ich ein Zimmermann, würde ich dir ein Fenster zu meiner Seele zimmern. Wenn du hineinsch... COLLEEN HOOVER Der Schmerz, den wir alle über diesen Verlust empfinden, erinnert mich, erinnert uns, daran, dass, ... J.K. ROWLING Wenn ich nur ein Telephon habe, der Wald wird sich finden! Ohne Telephon kann man nur ... KARL KRAUS Reiten, reiten, reiten, durch den Tag, durch die Nacht, durch den Tag. Reiten, reiten, re... RAINER MARIA RILKE Sollte die Freiheit zu streben, die uns die Götter in allen Umständen des Lebens gelassen haben, s... GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Dieser Zwang zu Überfluss ist weder effizient für die Umwelt, noch für den Geldbeutel. LORENZO FRICK Gern hätte er Europa jetzt aus der internationalen Weltraumstation ISS gesehen. Wo sonst die feinen... MARC ELSBERG I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
[Ger... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Die Welt ist voller Torheit, Dumpfheit, Inkonsequenz und Ungerechtigkeit. Es gehört viel Mut dazu, ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
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I don't mean unrequited, I mean being... PETER HELLER Paradoxically one of the greatest advantages of mind maps is that they are seldom needed again. The ... PETER RUSSELL Anyone who lives in this time is concerned with grottiness. PETER READING The value of action is that we make mistakes; mistakes show us what we need to learn. PETER MCWILLIAMS To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. PETER MCWILLIAMS The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try. PETER DRUCKER Prayer puts you in touch with the infinite and prepares your mind for the finite. PETER DANIEL Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth. PETER USTINOV The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted. PETER MCWILLIAMS The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to... PETER USTINOV The camera is a killing chamber, which speeds up the time it claims to be conserving. Like coffins e... PETER CONRAD Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan. PETER NICOLS Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't. PETER SCOTESE There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed. PETER SELLER The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intell... PETER USTINOV Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing. IRENE PETER All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy. PETER WASTHOLM Leadership is not magnetic personality--that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making fri... PETER DRUCKER Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died. PETER USTINOV I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most c... PETER USTINOV A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. PETER MARSHALL Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and ... PETER DAVIES We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it. PETER DRUCKER Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. PETER DRUCKER Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for -- because unless we s... PETER MARSHALL We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the mos... PETER DRUCKER Business has only two functions -- marketing and innovation. PETER DRUCKER The computer is a moron. PETER DRUCKER As much as we like to think that we are independent-minded, free-willed, autonomous individuals, the... PETER MCWILLIAMS The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done. PETER DRUCKER Nothing ventured, nothing gained -- but if everything is ventured, and still nothing gained, give up... PETER WASTHOLM Common Sense is in medicine the master workman. PETER LATHAM All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it -- an oblique, indirect sample of what it cont... PETER CONRAD If things change then they will be different, but if they don't then things will stay the same. PETER GILCREST First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most... PETER MCWILLIAMS Soft focus is an important skill that can effect us metaphorically. In other words, the way we see t... PETER KLINE The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to asp... PETER MCWILLIAMS When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. PETER DRUCKER Education can no longer be the sole property of the state. PETER DRUCKER If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing. PETER LYNCH It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know. PETER TOWNSEND A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally. PETER USTINOV I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are tau... PETER USTINOV Decision making is the specific executive task. PETER DRUCKER Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed. PETER WASTHOLM However gradual the course of history, there must always be the day, even an hour and minute, when s... PETER QUENNELL The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance... PETER CONRAD If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else. PETER LAURENCE Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do no... PETER DRUCKER All of us, you, your children, your neighbors and their children are everyday geniuses, even though ... PETER KLINE The best way to predict the future is to create it. PETER DRUCKER Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. PETER DRUCKER The most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was ... PETER DRUCKER God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great bless... PETER MARSHALL Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and t... PETER TOWNSEND The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right. PETER DRUCKER There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. PETER DRUCKER I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces. PETER JENNINGS So much of what I am I got from you. I had no idea how much of it was secondhand. PETER TOWNSEND What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to d... PETER DRUCKER There are no creeds in mathematics. PETER DRUCKER Management by objective works -- if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. PETER DRUCKER So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. PETER DRUCKER The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. PETER DRUCKER The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. PETER DRUCKER There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. PETER DRUCKER Efficiency is doing better what is already being done. PETER DRUCKER