Ivo Andrić Quotes

If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.

...every woman has some reason to weep and weeping is sweetest when it is for another's sorrow.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

- Ne treba se bojati ljudi.
- Pa ja se i ne bojim ljudi, nego onog što je neljudsko u njma.

Never can that be told, for those who saw and lived through it have lost the gift of words and those who are dead can tell no tales. Those were things which are not told, but forgotten. Fore where they not forgotten, how could they ever be repeated?

Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite.

Od svega što ima i jeste,ja sam hteo da napravim sredstvo kojim bih savladao i osvojio svet, a sada je taj svet od mene načinio svoje sredstvo.

U nas se mnogo ljudi zale na ,,sredinu",i ne bez razloga,ali se zale toliki i tako mnogo i cesto,da je rec ,,sredina" pocela da gubi svoj smisao i da postaje opsti razlog svakoj nezgodi pojedinca, otprilike kao rec ,,satana" u srednjem veku.