The longer I live, the more urgent it seems to me to endure and transcribe the whole dictation of existence up to its end, for it might just be the case that only the very last sentence contains that small and possibly inconspicuous word through which everything we had struggled to learn and everything we had failed to understand will be transformed suddenly into magnificent sense.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1963) German poet Letter (1913-12-21) to Ilse Erdman [tr. Baer (2005)]
كم هو موجِع أن يحمل قلبي لك هذا الكمّ من الحب، بينما لساني عاجز عن أن ينطق باسمك كما يشتهي، وكأن بيني وبينك مسافة من صمتٍ لا تُقاس بالأمتار بل تُقاس بعدد المرّات التي ابتلعتُ فيها كلماتي خ... show more
كم هو موجِع أن يحمل قلبي لك هذا الكمّ من الحب، بينما لساني عاجز عن أن ينطق باسمك كما يشتهي، وكأن بيني وبينك مسافة من صمتٍ لا تُقاس بالأمتار بل تُقاس بعدد المرّات التي ابتلعتُ فيها كلماتي خوفًا أو عجزًا. أراك قريبًا من عينيّ، بعيدًا عن يديّ، فأكتفي بالنظر إليك وكأنني أودّع حلمًا لا أملك حقّ الاقتراب منه، وأمشي وأنا أشعر أن قلبي خلفي يلتفت إليك في كل خطوة. يؤلمني أن تمرّ في يومي عابرًا، بينما تمرّ في قلبي إقامةً دائمة، وأن أعيش معك في خيالي حديثًا لا ينتهي، ثم أعود إلى واقعي فلا أجد بيننا سوى السلام العابر وبضع كلمات لا تشبه أبدًا ما يضجّ به داخلي من شوق وحنين. ليتهم يفهمون أن أصعب أنواع الحب، هو ذاك الذي تُحبّ فيه بصمت، وتشتاق فيه من بعيد، وتدعو فقط أن يمنحك القدر يومًا واحدًا تستطيع فيه أن تقول كل ما عجزت عنه طوال هذا الغياب.
إلى من استوطن الروح دون استئذان، إلى من صار اسمه في قلبي دعاءً وفي لساني عادةً وفي خيالي وطنًا لا يتهدّم، أحبّك بحجم هذا الكون وأكثر. أنت الشخص الذي أراه بين السطور حين أقرأ، وأسمعه بين ال... show more
إلى من استوطن الروح دون استئذان، إلى من صار اسمه في قلبي دعاءً وفي لساني عادةً وفي خيالي وطنًا لا يتهدّم، أحبّك بحجم هذا الكون وأكثر. أنت الشخص الذي أراه بين السطور حين أقرأ، وأسمعه بين النغمات حين أستمع للموسيقى، وأشعر به في كل لحظة سكينة تمرّ على قلبي. معك تعلّمت أن الحب ليس كلامًا مزخرفًا، بل موقف وسند ويد لا تفلت مهما اشتدّ بنا التعب.أريد أن أكون الشخص الذي تلجأ إليه حين يثقل قلبك، الذي تحكي له دون خوف من حكم أو عتاب، الذي تطمئن أنّه سيبقى مهما رأى من ضعفك ودموعك. أحبّ حقيقتك كما هي؛ بعيوبك قبل مميزاتك، بحزنك قبل فرحك، وبصمتك قبل كلامك، لأنك كما أنت بالضبط… تكفيني. لا أريد حبًا يُشبه الأفلام، أريد حبًّا يُشبهنا نحن؛ بسيطًا، صادقًا، مليئًا بالتفاصيل الصغيرة التي لا يفهمها سوانا.إن سألتني يومًا: إلى أي مدى تحبّني؟ سأجيبك: أحبّك بما يكفي لأدعو لك في الغيب كل ليلة، وبما يكفي لأتنازل عن أشياء كثيرة لأجل ابتسامتك، وبما يكفي لأختارك ألف مرة إن عاد بي الزمن للوراء.
You see, happiness ain’t a thing in itself — it’s only a contrast with something that ain’t pleasant. That’s all it is. There ain’t a thing you can mention that is happiness in its own self — it’s only so by contrast with the other thing. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain’t happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens] Story (1868?), “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven,” Part 1, Harper’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 116, No. 691 (1907-12)
You see, happiness ain't a thing in itself -- it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. That's all it is. There ain't a thing you can mention that is happiness in its own self -- it's only so by contrast with the other thing.
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the posies that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead; the dead are gone, either to a place where they hear them not, or where, if they do, they will despise them.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 277 (1822)
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the posies that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead; the dead are gone, either to a plac…
In the life of the artist there need be no hour without its pleasure. I take the author, with whose career I am best acquainted; and it is true he works in a rebellious material, and that the act of writing is cramped and trying both to the eyes and the temper; but remark him in his study, when matter crowds upon him and words are not wanting — in what a continual series of small successes time flows by; with what a sense of power as of one moving mountains, he marshals his petty characters; with what pleasures, both of the ear and eye, he sees his airy structure growing on the page; and how he labours in a craft to which the whole material of his life is tributary, and which opens a door to all his tastes, his loves, his hatreds, and his convictions, so that what he writes is only what he longed to utter. He may have enjoyed many things in this big, tragic playground of the world; but what shall he have enjoyed
In the life of the artist there need be no hour without its pleasure. I take the author, with whose career I am best acquainted; and it is true he works in a rebellious material, and that the act of writing is cramped and trying both to the eyes and the temper; but remark him in his study, when matter crowds upon him and words are not wanting — in what a continual series of small successes time flows by; with what a sense of power as of one moving mountains, he marshals his petty characters; with what pleasures, both of the ear and eye, he sees his airy structure growing on the page; and how he labours in a craft to which the whole material of his life is tributary, and which opens a door to all his tastes, his loves, his hatreds, and his convictions, so that what he writes is only what he longed to utter. He may have enjoyed many things in this big, tragic playground of the world; but what shall he have enjoyed more fully than a morning of successful work? Suppose it ill paid: the wonder is it should be paid at all. Other men pay, and pay dearly, for pleasures less desirable.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3
In the life of the artist there need be no hour without its pleasure. I take the author, with whose career I am best acquainted; and it is true he works in a rebellious material, and that the act of writing is cramped and trying both to the eyes and…
Whene’er you lecture, be concise: the soul Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole: But pour in water when the vessel’s filled, It simply dribbles over and is spilled.
[Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis, ut cito dicta percipiant animi dociles teneantque fideles: omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]
Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 “Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos],” l. 335ff (2.3.335-337) (19 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)]
Whene'er you lecture, be concise: the soul Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole: But pour in water when the vessel's filled, It simply dribbles over and is spilled.
By “nationalism” I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled “good” or “bad.” But secondly — and this is much more important — I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair] Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)
By “nationalism” I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled “good” or “bad.” But secondly — and this is much more important — I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair] Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)
By "nationalism" I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled "good" or "bad.
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909) Autobiography, ch. 11
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909) Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)
For the Scepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian Lecture (1840-05-19), “The Hero as Man of Letters,” Home House, Portman Square, London
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ZuBusTik is a modern service that helps passengers easily find and book bus tickets across Ukraine and Europe. Over the years, the platform has become a convenient tool for thousands of travelers who want to plan their trips quickly and comfortably.
Here are 10 interesting facts about ZuBusTik that highlight what the company does and how it operates.
1. A Convenient Bus Ticket Booking Service
ZuBusTik was created to make it easy for passengers to search for bus routes, compare different options, and book tickets online in just a few minutes.
2. Routes Across Ukraine and Europe
The platform offers access to many routes, including domestic trips within Ukraine and international routes to European countries.
3. Cooperation With Trusted Carriers
ZuBusTik works with multiple bus carriers, allowing passengers to choose trips based on price, travel time, and level of comfort.
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