Jostein Gaarder Quotes

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

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  People, Way, Used

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• Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a brief moment. Then we lose each other and disappear as suddenly and unreasonably as we arrived.

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  Together, World, Life Is

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• An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.

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  Way Forward, Answers, Behind You

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• A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

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  Women, Equality, Doe

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Un átomo de hidrógeno en una célula al final de mi nariz fue una vez parte de la trompa de un elefante. Un átomo de carbono en mi músculo cardíaco estuvo una vez en la cola de un dinosaurio.

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  Cells, Elephants, Hydrogen Atom

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• You can never know if a person forgives you when you wrong them. Therefore it is existentially important to you. It is a question you are intensely concerned with. Neither can you know whether a person loves you. It’s something you just have to believe or hope. But these things are more important to you than the fact that the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees. You don't think about the law of cause and effect or about modes of perception when you are in the middle of your first kiss.

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  Believe, Love You, Kissing

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• Yes, we too are stardust.

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  Polvo de estrellas

  "Sofies verden (Sophie's World)". Book by Jostein Gaarder, 1994.

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• Life consists of a long chain of coincidences.

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  Long, Coincidence, Chains

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.194, Hachette UK

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• The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

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  People, Subversive, Asks

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• Superstitious." What a strange word. If you believed in Christianity or Islam, it was called "faith". But if you believed in astrology or Friday the thirteenth it was superstition! Who had the right to call other people's belief superstition?

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  Friday, Astrology, People

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• When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves.

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  Sky, Trying, Looks

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• I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as living. One day we suddenly take the fact that we exist for granted - and then, yes, then we don’t think about it anymore until we are about to leave the world again.

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  Thinking, People, One Day

  Jostein Gaarder (2003). “The Solitaire Mystery”, p.362, Macmillan

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• Life is short for those who are truly able to understand that one day the entire world will come to a complete end. Not everyone is capable of that. Not everyone has the ability to comprehend what going away for all eternity really implies. There are too many distractions, hour by hour, minute by minute, to hinder such an understanding.

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  Life Is Short, Understanding, One Day

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “The Orange Girl”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

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  Needs, Relation, Persons

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.62, Hachette UK

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• Actuar con responsabilidad no es cuestión de fortalecer nuestra razón, sino de profundizar en nuestros sentimientos por el bienestar de los demás.

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  Feelings, Acting, Matter

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.240, Hachette UK

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• Where both reason and experience fall short, there occurs a vacuum that can be filled by faith.

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  Fall, Vacuums, Reason

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.282, Hachette UK

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• 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'.

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  Mind, Balance, Sound Body

  "Sophie's World". Book by Jostein Gaarder, 1995.

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• Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

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  Adventure, Wandering Around, World

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• There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any other.

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  Falling In Love, People, Planets

  Jostein Gaarder (2003). “The Solitaire Mystery”, p.82, Macmillan

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• When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

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  Philosophy, Understanding, Path

  Jostein Gaarder (2003). “The Solitaire Mystery”, p.214, Macmillan

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• Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

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  Philosophy, Science, Doe

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.66, Hachette UK

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• People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.

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  People, Sociology, Certain

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• To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap.

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  Religious, Reason, Prove

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• Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is rare, even among philosophers. Moreover, it can be so dangerous to say in public that it can cost you your life. The most subversive people are those who ask questions. Giving answers is not nearly as threatening. Any one question can be more explosive than a thousand answers.

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  People, Giving, Cost

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.66, Hachette UK

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• Creo que hay algo del misterio divino en todo lo que existe. Podemos verlo brillar en un girasol o en una amapola. Sentimos más el misterio insondable en una mariposa que revolotea desde una ramita... o en un pez de colores que nada en una pecera. Pero donde más cerca estamos de Dios es en nuestra propia alma. Sólo allí podemos hacernos uno con el mayor misterio de la vida. En verdad, en muy raros momentos podemos experimentar que nosotros mismos somos ese misterio divino.

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  Believe, Butterfly, Swimming

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