IVO ANDRIĆ

“Biti čovek, rođen bez svoga znanja i bez svoje volje, bačen u okean postojanja. Morati plivati. Postojati. Nositi identitet. Izdržati atmosferski pritisak svega oko sebe, sve sudare, nepredvidljive i nepredviđene postupke, svoje i tuđe, koji ponajčešće nisu po meri naših snaga. A povrh svega, treba još izdržati i svoju misao o svemu tome. Ukratko: biti čovek”

 

"Božja volja se vrši u svakom trenutku, svuda i u svemu."

"Čudno je kako je malo potrebno da budemo sretni, i još čudnije: kako nam često baš to malo nedostaje."

"Ljepša duša dublje jeca."

"Što ne boli – to nije život, što ne prolazi – to nije sreća."

"Dok god ima mraka, ima i svanuća!"

"Nije najveća budala onaj koji ne umije da čita, nego onaj koji misli da je sve ono što pročita istina."

"Mir i spokojstvo, jedina su dobra i najveće dostojanstvo skromnih i bezimenih ljudi."

- Ne treba se bojati ljudi.
- Pa ja se i ne bojim ljudi, nego onog što je neljudsko u njma.

"Onaj koji ne iznosi nježni cvijet svoje duše na vjetrove iskušenja, pa makar ga i cijela spasio i prenio do kraja, tome je kao da ga nikad nije ni imao."

  

“Mnogo samuješ i dugo ćutiš, sine moj, zatravljen si snovima, izmoren putevima duha. Lik ti je pognut i lice blijedo, duboko spuštene vjeđe i glas kao škripa tamničkih vrata. Iziđi u ljetni dan, sine moj!
- Šta si vidio u ljetni dan, sine moj?
Vidio sam da je zemlja jaka i nebo vječno, a čovjek slab i kratkovjek.
- Šta si vidio, sine moj, u ljetni dan?
Vidio sam da je ljubav kratka, a glad vječna.
- Šta si vidio, sine moj, u ljetni dan?
Vidio sam da je ovaj život stvar mučna, koja se sastoji od nepravilne izmjene grijeha i nesreće, da živjeti znači slagati varku na varku.
- Hoćeš da usneš, sine moj?
Ne, oče, idem da ž i v i m.”
― Ivo Andrić, Ex Ponto, Nemiri, Lirika

IVO ANDRIĆ

“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.”
The Bridge on the Drina

 

“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.”

“What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.”
“Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad.”

 

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”— Lao-Tze

 

“Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” 

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” —Morris West

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown