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Ivo Andrić QUOTES

Ivo Andrić QUOTES

1 " One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. "

― Ivo Andrić

2 " If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. "

― Ivo Andrić

3 " The desire for sudden change and the thought of their realization by force often appears among men like a disease and gains ground mainly in young brains; only these brains do not think as they should, do not amount to anything in the end and the heads that think thus do not remain long on their shoulders. For it is not human desires that dispose and administer the things of this world. Desire is like a wind, it sifts the dust from one place to another, sometimes darkens the whole horizon, but in the end calms down and leaves the old and eternal picture of the world. Lasting deeds are realized on this earth only by God’s will, and man is only His humble and blind tool. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

4 " Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

5 " ...every woman has some reason to weep and weeping is sweetest when it is for another's sorrow. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

6 " I don't plan anything any more. I just live my life. "

― Ivo Andrić

7 " Every human generation has its own illusions with regard to civilization; some believe they are taking part in its upsurge, others that they are witnesses of its extinction. In fact, it always both flames and smolders and is extinguished, according to the place and the angle of view. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

8 " Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices. "

― Ivo Andrić

9 " Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives. "

― Ivo Andrić

10 " Tako obično biva. Oni koje želimo da vidimo ne dolaze u časovima kad na njih mislimo i kad ih najviše očekujemo, a pojavljuju se u nekom trenutku kad smo mislima najdalje od njih. I našoj radosti zbog ponovnog viđenja tada treba malo vremena da se digne s dna, gde je potisnuta, i pojavi na površini. "

― Ivo Andrić , Prokleta avlija

11 " Ne mogu ja - kaže - dobri čovječe, ozdraviti, jer ja i nisam bolestan, nego sam ovakav, a od sebe se ne može ozdraviti. "

― Ivo Andrić , Prokleta avlija

12 " Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

13 " Jer, i najveće pustinje imaju svoje proleće, pa ma kako kratko i neprimetno bilo. "

― Ivo Andrić , Gospođica (Bosnian Trilogy, #3)

14 " O, Bože, zašto si mi dao srce koje me bez prestanka vuče za daljinom i ljepotom neviđenih krajeva? Zašto si učinio da sreća moja uvijek boravi ondje gdje mene nema? "

― Ivo Andrić , Ex Ponto, Nemiri, Lirika

15 " كان العثمانيون يقولون: ثلاثة لا يمكن أن تبقى خافية (الحب، والسعال، والفقر). "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

16 " Zaborav sve leči, a pesma je najlepši način zaborava, jer u pesmi se čovek seća samo onoga što voli. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

17 " For a man filled with a great, true and unselfish love, even if it be on one side only, there open horizons and possibilities and paths which are closed and unknown to so many clever, ambitious, and selfish men. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

18 " Vrijeme je da se penje, da se napreduje za stepenicu više, iako ni prethodna stepenica nije još potpuno osvojena ni utvrđena kako treba. Govoriti malo, ne govoriti zlo, glupo, površno ni uzaludno, ili čak ne govoriti uopšte. Sve su to stepenice na putu ličnog napretka i usavršavanja koje u toku života, kao teren u ratu, osvajamo, gubimo i ponovo osvajamo. S godinama, tačnije rečeno sa starošću, koja nastupa polako i tiho kao sumrak na zemlju, krv hladni, nagoni odumiru, savlađujemo se i obuzdavamo lakše, tako da i bez svoje velike zasluge govorimo manje,možda razumnije i čovječnije. Ali to nije dovoljno. Vrijeme je da se pređe na postizavanje višeg stepena, a to je: unutarnje ćutanje. Šta vrijedi što mudro držimo jezik za zubima, ako u nama još sve vri od oštrih sudova i brzopletih replika koje ne pokreću naš jezik i ne prelaze preko usana, ali potresaju i paraju našu unutrašnjost? Često mogu da se vide takvi starci koji smireno i prepodobno ćute, ali im se u pogledu i podrhtavanju usnica javlja ponekad odraz unutarnjih kivnih i zloćudnih monologa i dijaloga. Bilo je vrijeme da već naučimo da u sebi ćutimo. Sve nas poziva na to. Priroda sama nam pomaže u tome. Vrijeme je, jer inače će nam se desiti da do kraja zlo živimo i, na kraju, ružno umremo. A to je strašno. "

― Ivo Andrić , Znakovi pored puta

19 " They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none the less it lasted and endured 'like the bridge on the Drina'. "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

20 " Tako se na kapiji, između neba, reke i brda, naraštaj za naraštajem učio da ne žali preko mere ono što mutna voda odnese. Tu je u njih ulazila nesvesna filozofija kasabe: da je život neshvatljivo čudo, jer se neprestano troši i osipa, a ipak traje i stoji čvrsto "kao na Drini ćuprija". "

― Ivo Andrić , The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)