Menschliches, Allzumenschliches

Ich gehöre ja zu den unverbesserlichsten Optimisten überhaupt. Letztendlich ist das Leben ja zu kurz, um sich niedergeschlagen zu fühen.

Und hier ein paar schöne Sätze, über die ich gestolpert bin:

"But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they me be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted to battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificiently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.

Auf neudeutsch: Word and Respect.