“Privatio presupponit habitum"
"Yokluk varlığı şart koşar.”
― François Rabelais, quote from Gargantua
“Ben kendimi duaların buyruğuna sokmam hiçbir zaman. Dualar insan için yapılmıştır, insan dualar için değil."
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― François Rabelais, quote from Gargantua
“Gymnastes, Gargantua’ya düşmanın ardına düşmenin gerekli olup olmadığını sordu.
Gargantua şöyle karşılık verdi ona:
“Hiç gerekli değil, çünkü gerçek askerlik sanatı gereğince düşmanı umutsuzluğa düşürmemeliyiz; bıçak kemiğe dayandı mı, düşman yıpranıp tükenmekte olan gücünü ve yüreğini yeniden toparlayıverir. Hiçbir kurtuluş umudu kalmaması, bitmiş tükenmiş insanları diriltip kurtaracak olan ilaçların en iyisidir. Nice zaferler, yenenlerin elinden kaçıp yenilenlerin eline geçmiştir, çünkü yenenler hak ettikleri kadarıyla yetinmeyip her şeyi çiğneyip yok etmeye, düşmanlarını haber götürecek tek kişi bırakmamacasına öldürmeye kalkmışlardır! Düşmanlarınıza kapıları, yolları açın her zaman; hatta gümüşten bir köprü kurun onlara geçip gitmeleri için.”
― François Rabelais, quote from Gargantua
“Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.”
― François Rabelais, quote from Gargantua
“Un homme de bien, un homme de bon sens, croit toujours ce qu’on lui dit et ce qu’il trouve dans les livres.”
― François Rabelais, quote from Gargantua
François Rabelais
Born place: in Chinon, France
Born date July 23, 1492
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“Es absolutamente imposible que vosotros, tan poca gente, logréis remover montañas tan grandes.» El Viejo Tonto respondió: «Después que yo muera, seguirán mis hijos; cuando ellos mueran, quedarán mis nietos, y luego sus hijos y los hijos de sus hijos, y así indefinidamente. Aunque son muy altas, estas montañas no crecen y cada pedazo que les sacamos las hace más pequeñas. ¿Por qué no vamos a poder removerlas?» Después de refutar la idea errónea del Viejo Sabio, siguió cavando día tras día, sin cejar en su decisión. Dios, conmovido ante esto, envió a la tierra dos ángeles, que se llevaron a cuestas ambas montañas. Hoy, sobre el pueblo chino pesan dos grandes montañas, una se llama imperialismo y la otra, feudalismo. El Partido Comunista de China hace tiempo que decidió eliminarlas. Debemos perseverar en nuestra decisión y trabajar sin cesar; también nosotros conmoveremos a Dios. Nuestro Dios no es otro que las masas populares de China. Si ellas se alzan y cavan junto con nosotros, ¿por qué no vamos a poder eliminar esas montañas? «El Viejo Tonto que removió las montañas» (11 de junio”
― Mao Zedong, quote from Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung
“if lies can save a man once, truth can save him twice.”
― quote from The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1
“Patience is a virtue," she replies.
"Why couldn't 'hurry the fuck up' be a virtue?”
― Katelin LaMontagne, quote from Surge
“Of all the people around me, you know best that it takes two to complete a story; it always does”
― Refaat Alareer, quote from Gaza Writes Back (#1)
“this you greatly rejoice, though now ofor a little while, if need be, pyou have been 3grieved by various trials, 7that qthe genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though rit is tested by fire, smay be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8twhom having not 4seen you love. uThough now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.”
― quote from The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV
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