„Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.“

„if we have not found the heaven within, we have not found the heaven without“

—  James Hilton, kniha Lost Horizon

Zdroj: Lost Horizon

„Nice philosophy
May tolerate unlikely arguments,
But heaven admits no jest.“

—  John Ford (dramatist) dramatist 1586 - 1639

Act I, sc. i.
Tis Pity She's a Whore (1629-33?)

„Even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in unlikely places and persons -- like mechanics who can turn into coyotes.“

—  Patricia Briggs, kniha Blood Bound

Zdroj: Blood Bound

„It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.“

—  Roald Dahl, kniha The Witches

Zdroj: The Witches

„Who has not found the Heaven — below —
Will fail of it above“

—  Emily Dickinson, Who has not found the Heaven — below —

1544: Who has not found the Heaven — below —
Zdroj: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

„Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.“

—  George William Russell Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter 1867 - 1935

As quoted in The Unpractised Heart (1942) by Leonard Alfred George Strong, p. 147

„The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.“

—  Richard Rohr American spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest 1943

Zdroj: The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See

„Fear is a distorting mirror in which anything can appear as a caricature of itself, stretched to terrible proportions; once inflamed, the imagination pursues the craziest and most unlikely possibilities. What is most absurd suddenly seems the most probable.“

—  Stefan Zweig, kniha The Post Office Girl

The Post Office Girl (published posthumously in 1982)

„No barriers, no masses of matter, however enormous, can withstand the powers of the mind. The remotest corners yield to them; all things succumb, the very heaven itself is laid open.“

—  Marcus Manilius, Astronomica

Book I, line 541.
Astronomica
Originál: (la) Rationi nulla resistunt.
Claustra nec immensæ moles, ceduntque recessus:
Omnia succumbunt, ipsum est penetrabile cœlum.

„In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.“

—  Stendhal French writer 1783 - 1842

Zdroj: De L'Amour (On Love) (1822), Ch. 1

„It is only the individual possessed of the most entire sincerity that can exist under Heaven, who can adjust the great invariable relations of mankind, establish the great fundamental virtues of humanity, and know the transforming and nurturing operations of Heaven and Earth“

—  Confucius Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551 - -479 pred n. l.

The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Kontext: It is only the individual possessed of the most entire sincerity that can exist under Heaven, who can adjust the great invariable relations of mankind, establish the great fundamental virtues of humanity, and know the transforming and nurturing operations of Heaven and Earth; — shall this individual have any being or anything beyond himself on which he depends? Call him man in his ideal, how earnest is he! Call him an abyss, how deep is he! Call him Heaven, how vast is he! Who can know him, but he who is indeed quick in apprehension, clear in discernment, of far-reaching intelligence, and all-embracing knowledge, possessing all Heavenly virtue?

„Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.“

—  Flora Thompson English author and poet 1876 - 1947

February Chapter The Peverel Papers - A yearbook of the countryside ed Julian Shuckburgh Century Hutchinson 1986
The Peverel Papers

„The trouble with you, Ti, lectured Leo kindly, is that you lack teaching experience. If you had, you’d have faith that the most unlikely people can learn the most amazing things.“

—  Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga

Zdroj: Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988), Chapter 9 (pp. 166-167)

„Like most true Scots I despise the haggis, the kilt and the caber. Unlike most true Scots, I am not Scottish.“

—  Simon Munnery British comedian 1967

Attention Scum! (2001), Episode One

„If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without.“

—  Henry Miller American novelist 1891 - 1980

The Books in My Life (1952) Chapter 11: The Story of My Heart (2nd edition. New York: New Directions Publishing, 1969, p. 192)

„Home plays a very small role in the group activities of the corner boy. Except when he eats, sleeps, or is sick, he is rarely at home, and his friends always go to his corner first when they want to find him. Even the corner boy's name indicates the dominant importance of the gang in his activities. It is possible to associate with a group of men for months and never discover the family names of more than a few of them. Most are known by nicknames attached to them bv the group. Furthermore, it is easy to overlook the distinction between married and single men. The married man regularly sets aside one evening a week to take out his wife. There are other occasions when they go out together and entertain together, and some corner boys devote more attention to their wives than others, but, married or single, the corner boy can be found on his corner almost every night of the week.“

—  William Foote Whyte, kniha Street Corner Society

Zdroj: Street Corner Society, 1943, pp. 255-63, as cited in: Mercer (1958, p. 35-36)

„Mind can make a hell of heaven. Or a heaven of hell.“

—  Chinmayananda Saraswati Indian spiritual teacher 1916 - 1993

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

„At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.“

—  Albert Camus, kniha The Myth of Sisyphus

The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), An Absurd Reasoning
Kontext: At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. <!-- 155

„Most people who use Helvetica use it because it’s ubiquitous. It’s like going to McDonalds instead of thinking about food. Because it’s there, it’s on every street corner. So let’s eat crap, because it’s on the corner.“

—  Erik Spiekermann German typographer 1947