334 Quotes by Jostein Gaarder

A true philosopher must never give up.

Man is the measure of all things', said the Sophist Protagora (c. 485-410 B.C.). By that he meant that the question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a person's needs.

When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

The world itself becomes a habit in no time at all. It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world.

It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. And in doing so, we lose the ability to wonder about something central-something philosophers try to restore. For somewhere inside ourselves, something tells us that life is a huge mystery. This is something we once experienced, long before we learned to think the thought.

The story goes that one day Socrates stood gazing at a stall that sold allkinds of wares. Finally he said, “What a lot of things I don’t need!

Kad bi se svi ljudi ugušili u pismima umrlih roditelja i predaka, nikad ne bismo uspeli da živimo sopstvene živote.

Mas ao mesmo tempo eu sabia que, a cada vez que eu abrisse um livro, eu veria um pedacinho desse céu. Sempre que lesse uma frase, saberia um pouco mais do que antes. E tudo o que leio faz o mundo ficar maior, ficando maior eu também.

But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope.