”Gott ist todt. Aber so wie die Art der Menschen ist, wird es vielleicht noch Jahrtausende lang Höhlen geben, in denen man seinen Schatten zeigt. Und wir – wir müssen auch noch seinen Schatten besiegen!” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“If you don’t get lost, there’s a chance you may never be found.” ~ Unknown
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” ~ Isaac Newton
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ~ Sören Kierkegaard
”Happiness is in overcoming unhappiness. The worst nightmare is a long, long row of sunny days.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” ~ Mark Twain
“He who dares not to offend cannot be honest.” ~ Thomas Paine
“The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ~ George Orwell
“The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“There are no facts, only interpretations.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” ~ Unknown
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” ~ Bertrand Russel
“It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer. ” ~ Albert Einstein
“Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.” ~ George Iles
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
“It’s better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you’re not.” ~ Kurt Cobain
“In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met along the way.” ~ Havelock Ellis
“Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.” ~ Havelock Ellis
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi
“Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“The more we know, the better we know, how little we know.” ~ Unknown
“Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ~ Unknown
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ~ Gustave Flaubert
“Everyone’s a whore, we just sell different part of ourselves.” ~ Peaky Blinders
“Die Religion ist das Opium des Volkes.” ~ Karl Marx
“Wenn ein Gott diese Welt gemacht hat, möchte ich nicht der Gott sein; ihr Jammer würde mir das Herz zerreissen.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Waar ben ik gebleven?
Waar ben ik gegaan?
Wat heb ik gegeven?
Wat heb ik gedaan?
Wil ik eeuwig leven?
Wil ik nog bestaan?
De essentie van bestaan
Is komen en gaan
First she makes you fly
Then she makes you cry
Jaap van Ark - SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST