« All More Quotes · Jostein Gaarder's Page
More Quotes by Jostein Gaarder
- If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a master of concealment. And the…
- That fact that Athens could condemn its noblest citizen to death did more than make a profound impression on him. It was to shape the…
- I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.
- I believe there is something of the divine mystery in everything that exists. We can see it sparkle in a sunflower or a poppy. We…
- You can never know if a person forgives you when you wrong them. Therefore it is existentially important to you. It is a question you…
- The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re…
- There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was…
- the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to…
- Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is…
- According to Kierkegaard, rather than searching for the Truth with a capital T, it is more important to find the kind of truths that are…
- (As human beings) We see everything everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is…
More More Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle