Svejk Quotes

#1. I think it's possible - perhaps even necessary - to find comedy in any war. I mean, look at the brilliant work which was done by Joseph Heller and Richard Hooker (M*A*S*H) and Jaroslav Hasek (The Good Soldier Svejk - which I haven't read, but have heard was funny).

Dave Abrams

#2. Jesus Christ was innocent too,' said Svejk, 'and all the same they crucified him. No one anywhere has ever worried about a man being innocent. Maul halten und weiter dienen ['Grin and bear it and get on with the job'] - as they used to tell us in the army. That's the best and finest thing of all.

Jaroslav Hasek

#3. Most people, in committing a suicidal act, are just as muddled as when they do anything important under emotional stress. Carefully planned acts of suicide are as rare as carefully planned acts of homicide.

Erwin Stengel

#4. This is what opportunity brings with it. It's the self-determination of man. Every man in the course of his life eternal life undergoes countless changes and has to appear once in this worlds as a thief in certain periods of his activity.

Jaroslav Hasek

#5. I want to, like, drink wine and talk about the Middle East or whatever the fuck we're gonna want to do when we're old.

John Green

#6. Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti).

Pandurang Shastri Athavale

#7. You are a Queen, so even when they push you, don't take the crown off.

Alexandra Elle

#8. Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.

Geoff Mulgan

#9. We see only a part of the surface of things. The rest will be forever hidden from us, to be appreciated for its felt but unfathomed presence.

Richard Taylor

#10. We all need to take a proper break once in a while.

Samantha Sotto

#11. Mindfulness is now more relevant than ever as an effective and dependable counterbalance to strengthen our health and well-being, and perhaps our very sanity.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

#12. One talks much more about the evil than about the good. That is a paradox. We should only talk about the good to lighten up our existence. Chase anxiousness/fear away for a moment before it sneaks back in again to our life.

Odd Nerdrum

#13. SUCCESS DEFINITION
WHEN OUR SIGNATURE CHANGES TO AUTOGRAPH ,this marks the success.

Abdul Kalam

#14. I envied Elizabeth- but I admired Groot. Because if you truly believed in the lightning bolts, why not do everything in your power to take them for yourself.

Robin Wasserman

#15. When your head is firmly in the sand, another part of your anatomy is fully exposed.

Don Feder