Теодор Ойзерман - Размышления. Изречения

There is no such thing as the only possible alternative.

To expect the unexpected is to foresee the future.

The perfect tool of management is conductor’s baton, as long as it doesn’t turn into a club (big stick).

Virtue cannot be compelled.

A man who is content with his life solely because he himself feels good is a nobody.

Altthough man is biologically an animal he cannot be just an animal: he is either higher or lower.

Conscience by its nature cannot be indulgent, as it is the clear understanding of must and duty.

As soon as desire turns into a duty, it disappears.

Usually people are looking not for something they have lost.

When people don't complain it is not always a good sign: maybe they have simply lost hope.

Megalomania may not be clinical but is undoubtedly pathological, evening great men.

There is no place for heroism, self-sacrifice and selfdenial in well-organized society wich we call the constitutional state.

What could possibly be a higer expression of justice than to forgive one who is not guilty?

Common sense is not an indicator of truth.

The great are hopelessly incorrigible.

The facts of this world are endless and of infinite variety. Mermaids do not exist – it is a fact. The fact of their non-existence exists.

Being constantly deluded, making mistakes, confidently pursuing the wrong route (marching down the wrong road) may not be the eternal fate of humanity, but it certainly is an old story that has been running for too long.

Life is wonderful, despite the obviousness.

An atheist may be a kind, warm-hearted person, but atheism is always an unkind and heartless teaching (doctrine).

Undoubtedly old age causes lots of problems, but try to find another way to a long life.

Old age is a wonderful, But far too short period of human life.

Some targets we long to achieve are only there to show us that they were not what we actually aimed for.

The soul of a careerist is prepared to accept any unfairness. However neither does it have a problem with accepting fairness.

Self-belief is always dignity, even if it turns out to be self-deception.

The image of an angel is drawn from a baby.

Commonly a marriage of convenience begins around 10 years after the union of hearts.

Lack of information often makes a person happier than its abundance.

One for whom the meaning of life is a meaningful question, should figure the meaning out for himself.

A human is born an animal, wich later becomes more of human.

The idea that humans don’t need illusions is an illusion itself.

Stupidity is more powerful than evil, for it cannot be defeated neither by force nor conviction.