What do you call it?

«Master Shouzan held up his staff, and showing it to the assembled disciples said: “if you call this a staff, I’ll beat you 30 times. If you call it not-a-staff, I’ll beat you 30 times. Tell me, what do you call it?”»

Most men

«Die meisten Menschen wollen nicht eher schwimmen, als bis sie es können»
Most men will not swim before they are able to.

(Hermann Hesse)

To be nowhere

«Each time he took a walk, he felt as though he were leaving himself behind, and by giving himself up to the movement of the streets, by reducing himself to a seeing eye, he was able to escape the obligation to think, and this, more than anything else, brought him a measure of peace, a salutary emptiness within... By wandering aimlessly, all places became equal and it no longer mattered where he was. On his best walks he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally was all he ever asked of things: to be nowhere».

(Paul Auster, City of Glass)

Träume, Seele und Realität

«Wirklich reich ist, wer mehr Träume in seiner Seele hat, als die Realität zerstören kann!»

(Hans Kruppa)

L’apparition des esprits

«Il est du véritable amour comme de l’apparition des esprits: tout le monde en parle, mais peu de gens en ont vu».

(François de La Rochefoucauld)

Lottare solo per ciò che vale

Nella vita bisogna imparare a lottare solo per ciò per cui vale la pena lottare. Come dice un detto: «Non dare mai il tuo mille a chi sa contare solo fino a cento».

(Dr. Divago)

Vento, pioggia e gelo

«Vento, pioggia, gelo e rugiada ti insegnano solo ad essere un uomo migliore»

Risposta di un nobile dignitario fatto imprigionare dal terribile imperatore Yongle (1360-1424)

L'homme

«l'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'elle est».
(man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is)

(Albert Camus)

One word is enough

Sometimes a single word is enough to make an entire house of cards fall.

(Dr. Divago)