Natalia Trionfetti > Natalia's Quotes

“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially creates a hell on earth, and complicates with human fatality a destiny that is divine; so long as the three problems of the century - the degradation of man by the exploitation of his labour, the ruin of women by starvation and the atrophy of childhood by physical and spiritual night are not solved; so long as, in certain regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other words and from a still broader point of view, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, there should be a need for books such as this.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”
― Charles Darwin, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“Se podes olhar, vê. Se podes ver, repara.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“Your questions are false if you already know the answer.”
― jose saramago

“. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
― Voltaire

“Let us cultivate our garden.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“La duda es uno de los nombres de la inteligencia.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”
― Ludwig van Beethoven

“Viva donde viva, viva como viva, viva cuando viva, cada persona contiene a muchas personas posibles, y es el sistema de poder, que nada tiene de eterno, quien cada día invita a salir a escena a nuestros habitantes más jodidos, mientras impide que los otros crezcan y les prohíbe aparecer. Aunque estamos mal hechos, no estamos terminados; y es la aventura de cambiar y de cambiarnos la que hace que valga la pena este parpadeo en la historia del universo, este fugaz calorcito entre dos hielos, que somos nosotros.”
― Eduardo Galeano

“All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.”
― Joseph Campbell

“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask, "What truly is logic? Who decides reason?"

My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional -- and back.

And I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found”
― Prof. John Forbes Nash

“Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a huge amount of responsibility. We live in free societies where we are not afraid of the police; we have extraordinary wealth available to us by global standards. If you have those things, then you have the kind of responsibility that a person does not have if he or she is slaving seventy hours a week to put food on the table; a responsibility at the very least to inform yourself about power. Beyond that, it is a question of whether you believe in moral certainties or not.”
― Noam Chomsky

“Hoy el papa actual vive repitiendo la sentencia medieval, superada por el Vaticano II, de que «fuera de la Iglesia no hay salvación»... Pensar así es tener poca fe e imaginar que Dios tiene el tamaño de nuestra cabeza.”
― Leonardo Boff

“This campaign was never just about electing a president of the United States—as enormously important as that was. This campaign was about transforming America. It was about the understanding that real change never takes place from the top on down. It always takes place from the bottom on up. It takes place when ordinary people, by the millions, are prepared to stand up and fight for justice.”
― Bernie Sanders, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In

“Sin libertad de pensamiento, la libertad de expresión no tiene ningún valor”
― José Luis Sampedro

“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

“Whatever you do, do it with purpose. Being focused is not something to be ashamed of. It is something to be proud of. When you know what are you are doing and have a clear vision of where you are going, you will not need to chase opportunities. Opportunities will seek you. Happiness will chase you. And, instead of being a choice, you will be the one choosing.”
― Najwa Zebian, Mind Platter

“Te has preguntado alguna vez si son los monstruos los que provocan la guerra, o si es la guerra la que genera monstruos”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“Cien vitorias en cien batallas no es la mayor habilidad. Someter al ejército de los otros sin batalla es la mayor habilidad.”
― Sun Tzu, El arte de la guerra

“No nation, no religion, no economic system, no body of knowledge, is likely to have all the answers for our survival. There must be many social systems that would work far better than any now in existence. In the scientific tradition, our task is to find them.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“Por ello, estos valores —el placer, el éxito material, siempre estar en lo
correcto, mantenerse positivo— son ideales mediocres para la vida de una
persona. Algunos de los mejores momentos en nuestra vida no son placenteros,
no son exitosos, no son reconocidos y no son positivos.”
― Mark Manson, 2 Books Collection Set: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck & Everything Is F*cked

“Hay mucha sabiduría convencional allá afuera que te dice “confía en ti
mismo” o “sigue tu intuición”, junto con otra buena cantidad de clichés que
suenan bonito.
Pero quizá la respuesta es confiar menos en ti. Después de todo, si nuestros
corazones y nuestras mentes son tan poco confiables, quizá deberíamos estar
cuestionando más nuestras propias intenciones y motivaciones. Si todos estamos
equivocados, todo el tiempo, ¿entonces no es el autocuestionamiento y el desafío
riguroso de nuestras propias creencias y suposiciones la única ruta lógica para el
progreso?
Lo anterior podría sonar atemorizante y autodestructivo, pero, de hecho, es lo
contrario. No es solamente una opción más segura, también es liberadora.”
― Mark Manson, 2 Books Collection Set: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck & Everything Is F*cked

“El budismo postula que tu concepto de “quien eres” es un constructo mental
arbitrario y que deberías dejar de aferrarte a la idea de que “tú” existes. Todos
los parámetros arbitrarios mediante los cuales te autodefines acaban por
atraparte; por ello, es mejor que te liberes de todo. En un sentido, podrías afirmar
que el budismo te alienta a que te importe un carajo.”
― Mark Manson, 2 Books Collection Set: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck & Everything Is F*cked