Radite svoj posao ne gledajući ni levo ni desno, ni iza sebe ni preda se, ali svoj cilj postavljajte visoko, i tražite malo od sveta oko sebe (što manje, to bolje!), ali mnogo od sebe i svoga dela. Uveren sam da je većina od nas od početka udarila sebi suviše malen i suviše blizak cilj, i da je više i bolje mogla od onoga što je želela da uradi i postigne. Želite mnogo, težite smelo i daleko i visoko, jer visoki ciljevi otkrivaju i umnogostručavaju snage u nama. Težite smelo ka savršenstvu velikih dela, a radite predano i strpljivo na ograničenim i mučnim pojedinostima bez sjajnog vidika, jevtinog samozadovoljstva i tašte veličine. Ciljevima svojim živite, a trosite se neštedimice na sivim i nevidljivim poslovima svakod dana i sata. Često pomišljajte da je život jači i svet bogatiji nego što mi to u svakom pojedinom trenutku možemo da sagledamo, i ne gubite iz vida da u svakom od nas ima nepoznatih mogućnosti, da u hodu stičemo snage. Hteti daleko i želeti mnogo, kad je reč o postavljanju nesebičnih ciljeva, nije greh, nije opasno. Pogrešno je i opasno udariti sebi suviše blisku metu, jer to znači izneveriti i sebe i druge, ostati dužan životu. Budite nepoverljivi i stvarni, strogi prema sebi pri izvođenju svake pojedinosti, skromni pri njihovoj oceni, ali kod postavljanja ciljeva budite hrabri i velikodušni, mislite smelo i gledajte daleko.
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Sigurno zna da se dogodilo nezamislivo, i da će preživljavanje iziskivati ne... SUZANNE COLLINS (...) Tada, ne znam zašto, kao da nešto puknu u meni. Prodereh se iz sveg glasa, ispsovah ga i rek... ALBERT CAMUS Prvo što me zapanjilo kad smo došli u Sovjetski Savez bilo je to što nam je na ulici svaki čas p... VLADO DAPčEVIć Ljepota je krupan, nezaslužen dar koji se dijeli nasumce, glupavo. Tako sam odabrao svoj... KHALED HOSSEINI Bože moj... Prošao sam kroz Vukovar mnogo puta...(...) Kad sam dolazio sa zapadne strane... ĐORđE BALAšEVIć Kažu pronađi svrhu u životu i ostvari je. Ali katkad, tek nakon što ga proživiš, uvidiš da je... KHALED HOSSEINI Duga popodnevna sjenka, tmurna duša brda, puzila je poljem, zatamnjujući ga, prešla je i preko me... MEšA SELIMOVIć Trpljenje patnikâ nije ništa veliko ni uzvišeno; u svome korijenu ono je sve drugo samo ne solida... JOHANN BAPTIST METZ VOJNI ŽUPNIK: Hoću reći, mira ima i u ratu, ima on svojih mirovnih mjesta. Rat naime zadovoljava ... BERTOLT BRECHT Tako obično biva. Oni koje želimo da vidimo ne dolaze u časovima kad na njih mislimo i kad ih naj... IVO ANDRIć - Ime i prezime? - zapitala je gospođa knjižničarka pogleda uprtog u članske iskaznice. - ... MELITA RUNDEK Svako dalje ratovanje na ovim prostorima bi bilo bezumno naplaćivanje drumarine preko jednog poruš... RATKO PETROVIć - Mrzim sve što je odricanje! - Ni ja, Ivane, ne pristajem da se odričem. Ja hoću ceo, sav, ... DOBRICA ĆOSIć Sjeća se užasnih šutnji i plača koji nije mogao razumjeti. Ništa nije mogao učiniti, a najmanj... LEONARD COHEN Glumite da ste dobri ljudi. Al' retko ko je istinski dobar čovek. Mnogo su češće ljudi dobri jer... MARKO ŠELIć Braćo, ne bojte se grehova ljudskih, volite čoveka i u grehu njegovom, jer kad ko voli čoveka gre... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Mislim da je ljudima koji vole horore samo dosadno u životu. Žude za podsticajma, a kada se stvarn... RYū MURAKAMI Znaš jedno je požuda, a drugo ljubav. Iako su povezane, ipak su potpuno različite. Za ovu prvu do... ANNE FORTIER Zavolio sam ga, znam po tome što mi je postao potreban, što nisam zamjerio ničemu ma šta da je r... MEšA SELIMOVIć Zabuna o odnosu između poimanja osobe i čovjeka može uzrokovati golemu štetu. Američki Vrhovni ... PETER KREEFT „Kada se nađem u situaciji da mi je neprijatno ili da ne znam kako da odreagujem, ja se šalim. T... S.J. ABBO NAREDNIK: Vidi se, davno tu nije bilo rata. Pa kako da onda bude morala, pitam se ja? Mir, to je pus... BERTOLT BRECHT Svako od nas je najveći stručnjak na svetu za jednu stvar-kako da bude baš ono što jeste i kako ... NEBOJšA JOVANOVIć Dželat mi prilazi i kaže: "Spustite glavu na panj i raširite ruke kad budete spremni, gospo." PHILIPPA GREGORY Ali svi se slažu u tome da se ne podižu lakomislene optužbe i da se sud, kad jedanput nekog optu�... FRANZ KAFKA Uzela sam knjige, misleći da ću iz njih trgati po nekoliko stranica, spaljivati ih dio po dio. Prv... PHILIPPA GREGORY Ona vrsta usamljenosti u kojoj moraš da se boriš kako bi prihvatio situacju iz korena je drugačij... RYū MURAKAMI Jer, ako ima boga, on je samo jedan. I ne treba ti mač i crkva da mu budeš odan. On od t... MARKO ŠELIć Često me svladaju živci, osobito nedjeljom, osjećam se užasno jadno. Atmosfera u kući je tada p... ANNE FRANK Cula su naelektrisala vrhove prstiju kojim sam joj doticao kozu i pratio besprekornu liniju glatkih ... ĐORđE BALAšEVIć Ja sam sve što kažete da jesam, i još gore od toga. I da nisam, ipak jesam. Šta imam od toga?! (... MARKO ŠELIć Sve je to maska. Toliko povrsno, toliko nezrelo od nas. Ali sta cemo, ne mozemo se izborit... TAMARA STAMENKOVIC Gospodaru, mudri ne sede tužeći, već otklanjaju uzrok jadu svom. Strah smanjuje snagu, ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - Albert Kami, naime, tvrdi da je za dokolicu potrebno mnogo više snage nego za rad! - pokušah da ... MOMO KAPOR Pretjerano čitanje ne čini nas pametnijim. Neki ljudi jednostavno 'gutaju' knjige. Oni to čine be... ALIJA IZETBEGOVIć Kad se čovek izloguje, kao da je umro. Oflajn je čist limb: prokleta i diskonektovana duša tumara... ALEKSANDAR ILIć - Ne treba se bojati ljudi. - Pa ja se i ne bojim ljudi, nego onog što je neljudsko u njma. IVO ANDRIć Sve će proći. Ali, kakva je to utjeha? Proći će i radost, proći će i ljubav, proći će i živ... MEšA SELIMOVIć Ali to su riječi! Riječi ne dolaze iz želje, nego s jezika. Lako je jeziku mljeti koješta; od to... RANKO MARINKOVIć Ne mogu ja - kaže - dobri čovječe, ozdraviti, jer ja i nisam bolestan, nego sam ovakav, a od sebe... IVO ANDRIć Moj život je ono što sam učinio, moje znanstveno djelo; jedno je nerazdvojivo od drugoga. Moje dj... C.G. JUNG Nepromišljeno jurimo za novotarijama, gonjeni sve snažnijim osjećajem nedostatnosti, nezadovoljst... C.G. JUNG Kucam na vrata kamena. -To sam ja, pusti me. Hoću da uđem u tvoju unutrašnjost, da... WISłAWA SZYMBORSKA Svoju patnju, koju prihvatam, moram da prihvatim kao dragocenost. Ne postoji nijedan ispirač zlata ... YUKIO MISHIMA Svijet obično ne sudi mladića po duševnih vrlinah, već po školskih svjedodžbah ili kašnje po ... AUGUST ŠENOA Smrtonosan je život, ali smrti odoleva. Jedna strašna bolest po meni će se zvati. Mnogo... BRANKO MILJKOVIć Ako hoćeš da znaš kakva je neka država i njena uprava, i kakva im je budućnost, gledaj samo da ... IVO ANDRIć Kad naiđu teška, mutna vremena i učestaju sukobi i uzbune među ljudima, otvori se odjednom Bibli... IVO ANDRIć Takva je ljubav. Ona može da uništi čoveka, i nanovo ga podigne i preporodi. Danas može da ... KNUT HAMSUN U čoveku se kriju obe mogućnosti: svinja i svetac. Šta će neko ostvariti zavisi od njegovih odlu... VIKTOR E. FRANKL People are not an interruption of our business. People are our business. A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground. The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in men. Ordinary people see no diff... The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn. Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words. Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show. How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness. That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it. Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience. One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first ti... To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to... Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of... Some families can trace their ancestors back three hundred years, but can't tell you where their chi... A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and d... If a man defrauds you one time, he is a rascal; if he does it twice, you are a fool. Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it ... Freedom also includes the right to mismanage your own affairs. Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice. The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - and friendless. Friendship is love with understanding. So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a genius Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan. Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment. Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have li... Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts. We are born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy. People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example. Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good... The guilty catch themselves. Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into. If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price. Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
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Nothing brings men closer than a common misfortune happily overcome. IVO ANDRIć Nesreća nesrećnih ljudi i jeste u tome što za njih stvari koje su inače zabranjene postanu, za t... IVO ANDRIć Kad naiđu teška, mutna vremena i učestaju sukobi i uzbune među ljudima, otvori se odjednom Bibli... IVO ANDRIć Странно е, че всички грешки свършват еднакво, че винаги... IVO ANDRIć The streets were empty, the courtyards and gardens as if dead. In the Turkish houses depression and ... IVO ANDRIć Govorite mi da ću izgoriti, da će iza mene ostati samo pepeo, ali ću bar znati da sam bio vatra. ... IVO ANDRIć Biti čovek, rođen bez svoga znanja i bez svoje volje, bačen u okean postojanja. Morati plivati. P... IVO ANDRIć Jer, i najveće pustinje imaju svoje proleće, pa ma kako kratko i neprimetno bilo. IVO ANDRIć - Ne treba se bojati ljudi. - Pa ja se i ne bojim ljudi, nego onog što je neljudsko u njma. IVO ANDRIć Tako obično biva. 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