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Category Archive: Polish

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quote: “The weakest link in a chain…”

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

October 16, 2021 1909, March 6, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Zygmunt Bauman Quote: “Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular…”

Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

October 11, 2021 1925, November 19, Polish, Quotes by Sociologists, Zygmunt Bauman

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quote: “No snowflake in an avalanche ever…”

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

October 4, 2021 1909, March 6, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Rose Schneiderman Quote: “We have tried you citizens; we…”

We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.

September 26, 2021 1882, April 6, Polish, Quotes by Activists, Rose Schneiderman

Wislawa Szymborska Quote: “Someone sits at a table or…”

Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then another hour passes, during which nothing happens. Who could stand to watch this kind of thing?

September 17, 2021 1923, July 2, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Wislawa Szymborska

Rose Schneiderman Quote: “The worker must have bread, but…”

The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.

September 15, 2021 1882, April 6, Polish, Quotes by Activists, Rose Schneiderman

Rose Schneiderman Quote: “The old Inquisition had its rack…”

The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth.

September 14, 2021 1882, April 6, Polish, Quotes by Activists, Rose Schneiderman

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quote: “The pleasure of reading is doubled…”

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

September 5, 2021 1909, March 6, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Irena Sendler Quote: “People can be only divided into…”

People can be only divided into good or bad; their race, religion, nationality don’t matter.

August 26, 2021 1910, February 15, Irena Sendler, Polish, Quotes by Activists

Abraham Joshua Heschel Quote: “A religious man is a person…”

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

August 25, 2021 1907, Abraham Joshua Heschel, January 11, Polish, Quotes by Educators

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