Kappa Quotes

“El idiota cree que todos son idiotas menos él.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Well, since I’d been feeling so depressed, I thought I’d try looking at the world upside down. But turns out, it’s exactly the same.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“It may be that the reason we love nature is because it expresses neither jealousy nor hatred toward us.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Não tenho consciência de qualquer espécie, nem mesmo artística. Sensibilidade é tudo que tenho.”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Limiting one’s material desires does not always bring us peace. In order to have peace, we must also limit our spiritual desires.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Pride, lust, doubt — for three thousand years, all our sins have stemmed from these three things. As well as all our virtues.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“It is more difficult to defend oneself than it is to defend others. If anyone doubts this, they merely have to observe a lawyer.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Well, since I'd been feeling so depressed, I thought I'd try looking at the world upside down. But turns out, it's exactly the same.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“To attempt something is to be able to do it; to be able to do something is to attempt to do it. Ultimately we are unable to escape this viscous cycle. In other words, we begin and end in absurdity.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“In any case, we must believe in the power of something or someone greater than us Kappas.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“نادان همه‌کس را نادان تصور می‌کند مگر خودش را.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“بین نخل‌های شکوفا و خیزران‌های بلند
بودا دیری است،
به خواب عمیق فرورفته است.
در کنار درخت خشک انجیری
مسیح مرده است.
ما بازیگران، باید بیاساییم
در لحظاتی حتی پیش از ورود به صحنه
و تو وقتی به پشت‌صحنه نگاه کنی
کرباس‌های وصله‌دار خواهی دید و بس…”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“عاقلانه‌ترین شیوه زندگی این است که بتوانی از آداب‌ورسوم عصر خود بیزار باشی اما به‌گونه‌ای عمل کنی که از بی‌حرمتی نسبت به آنها بپرهیزی.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Nadie objeta la necesidad de destruir a los ídolos. Pero nadie rehúsa transformarse en un ídolo. Y solo los favorecidos por los dioses, bribones, idiotas o héroes, pueden sentarse sin inquietud, sobre el trono del ídolo.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Putların yıkılmasında herkes hemfikirdir; fakat kimse heykelinin dikilmesine itiraz etmez. Ne var ki, o mermer kaidelerin üstünde ancak Tanrı'nın ilahi ayrıcalığına mazhar olmuş kulları, rahat ve kaygısız oturabilirler... Bunlar da aptallar, şerefsizler ve kahramanlardır.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“To attempt something is to be able to do it; to be able to do something is to attempt to do it. Ultimately we are unable to escape this vicious circle. In other words, we begin and end in absurdity.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Limiting one's material desires does not always bring us peace. In order to have peace, we must also limit our spiritual desires.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“If reason were truly the beginning and end of all things, we would have to deny our own existence. That Voltaire happily spent his whole life worshiping reason demonstrates that humans are not as evolved as Kappas.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“We are more unhappy than humans. Humans are not as evolved as Kappas. [When I read this, I instinctively chuckled to myself.]”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“قانون کلی این است که همه آنچه ذات ماست، برتر از شعور ماست.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“هنری که شیوه اجرا و نمایش آن نقش تعیین‌کننده داشته باشد منع شده. اغلب مانع اجرای موسیقی می‌شوند! خودتان هم‌میدانید موسیقی چیز خطرناکی است. اما این واقعیت که حذف موسیقی چه لطمه‌های روحی و معنوی عظیمی در جامعه به بار می‌آورد مطلبی است که انتظار درکش از آنهایی که گوشی برای شنیدن موسیقی ندارند و کسانی که تفاوتی بین ملودی و صدای عرعر قائل نیستند، انتظار بیهوده‌ای است.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Well, since I'd been feeling so depressed, I thought I'd try looking at the world upside down. But turns out, it's exactly the same”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa