334 Quotes by Jostein Gaarder

Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course because of a physical or mental imbalance. The road to health for everyone is through moderation, harmony, and a 'sound mind in a sound body'.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

A composition—and every work of art is one—is created in a wondrous interplay between imagination and reason, or between mind and reflection. For there will always be an element of chance in the creative process.

But you might stumble upon yourself one day. You might suddenly stop short and see yourself in a completely new light.

Wir werden alt und grau. Wir werden eines Tages verschlissen sein und aus der Welt verschwinden. Mit unseren Träumen ist das anders. Sie können in anderen Menschen weiterleben, wenn es uns schon längst, längst nicht mehr gibt.

كان العبيد يقومون بكل الأعمال اليدوية، مما يترك فراغا كاملا لدى المواطنين الأحرار للاهتمام بالحياة الثقافية والسياسية. وهكذا رأينا أسلوباً جديداً في التفكير، يولد في المدن الكبرى. اذ كان للفرد الواحد، الحق في التساؤل حول تنظيم المجتمع.

I hope that you have inherited a mind that is open to such small mysteries. They are no less thought-provoking than the stars and galaxies up above. I think it requires more intelligence to create a bumblebee than a black hole.

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

Kad umrem, prekinuce se jedna srebrna nit sa nanizanim glatkim biserima koji ce se rasuti po zemlji i otkotrljati kuci svojim majkama skoljkama na dnu mora.Ko ce zaroniti za mojim biserima kad mene ne bude vise? Ko ce znati da su bili moji? Ko ce znati da je ceo svet nekad visio oko mog vrata.