Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. |
Our civilization survives in the complacency of cowardly or malignant minds -- a sacrifice to the vanity of aging adolescents. In 1953, excess is always a comfort, and sometimes a career. |
Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics. |
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. |
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. |
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. |
Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be. To be really realistic a description would have to be endless. |
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. |
Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly |
Revolution, in order to be creative, cannot do without either a moral or metaphysical rule to balance the insanity of history. |
Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. |
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. |
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. |
Style, like sheer silk, too often hides eczema |
The absurd has meaning only in so far as it is not agreed to |