Fear cannot be without hope
nor hope without fear.
(Spinoza: Ethics.)
Κατηγορία: Quotes
Sophocles, «To the man…»
To the man who is afraid
everything rustles.
(Sophocles from fragmentarly saved tragedy.)
Aristotle, «Hope…»
Hope is a waking dream.
(Aristotle – from Diogenes Laertius’ Lives.)
Hazlitt, «To great evils we submit…»
To great evils we submit;
we resent little provocations.
(Hazlitt: On Great and Little Things.)
Heraclitus, «It would not be better…»
It would not be better
if things happened to men
just as they wish.
(Heraclitus.)
Franz Kafka, «Don’t despair…»
Don’t despair,
not even over the fact
that you don’t despair.
(Franz Kafka: Diary.)
Goethe, «Whatever…»
Whatever liberates our spirit
without giving us mastery over ourselves
is destructive.
(Goethe: Maxims and Reflections.)
Freidrich Nietzsche, «Possesions…»
Possessions are generally
diminished by possession.
(Friedrich Nietzsche: The Gay Science.)
Emerson, «Much…»
Much will have more.
(Emerson.)
Spinoza, «Desire…»
Desire is the very essence of man.
(Spinoza: Ethics.)