Best 19 quotes in «life of pi quotes» category

I know a woman here in Toronto who is very dear to my heart. She was my foster mother. I call her Auntieji and she likes that. She is Quebecoise. Though she has lived in Toronto for over thirty years, her French-speaking mind still slips on occasion on the understanding of English sounds. And so, when she first heard of Hare Krishnas, she didn't hear right. She heard "Hairless Christians", and that is what they were to her for many years. When I corrected her, I told her that in fact she was not so wrong; that Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.

I knelt a mortal; I rose an immortal.

Hay una gran recompensa para el ojo que observa y el oído que escucha.

I'll tell you, that's one thing I hate about my nickname, the way the number runs on forever. It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let it go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said, but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse. That bungled goodbye hurts me to this day.

Khi ta đã chịu nhiều đau đớn ở đời, mỗi một nỗi đau mới sẽ vừa nặng trĩu mà cũng lại chẳng là gì.

Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.

-¿Por qué iba a someterse Dios a algo así? ¿Por qué no dejar la muerte para los mortales? ¿Por qué tuvo que ensuciar lo que era bello, estropear la perfección? -Por amor...

La obsesión de colocarnos en el centro de todo es la ruina tanto de los teólogos como de los zoólogos.

La primera sensación de maravilla es la que cala más hondo...

Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer.

Once upon a time there was a banana and it grew. It grew until it was large, firm, yellow and fragrant. Then it fell to the ground and someone came upon it and ate it and afterwards that person felt better.

...people move in the hope of a better life

Pijeva priča je o tome kako ispričati dojmljivu priču koja se doživljava upravo onako kako je ispričana. Homer je to znao prije tri tisuće godina. Interpretacija dojmljive priče je tupljavina, isto kao interpretacija smješka Mona Lize.

¿Por qué tolerar la oscuridad? Todo ya está aquí y está claro si sabemos mirar con la atención debida.

Somos una nación de ingenieros que aspiran a ser reconocidos.

...todo contiene rastros de lo divino.

Una casa no es más que un territorio en el que nuestras necesidades básicas se satisfacen de cerca y sin peligro.

We believe what we see.’...What do you do when you’re in the dark?

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is ken to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.