Posted by: Elisabetta
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
When you observe the quality of the thoughts of an alienated man, it is astonishing to see how his intelligence has evolved and how his reason has degenerated. He takes his reality as it is; he desires to enjoy it, to consume it, to touch it, to handle it. He doesn't even wonder what lies behind, because things are as they appear, and where we are going. You cannot eat the meaning, you cannot consume the sense, and for what regards the future: après moi le deluge!
Once a woman has forgiven a man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our breasts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Our proverbs want rewriting. They were made in winter, and it is summer now.
You could attach prices to thoughts. Some cost a lot, some a little. And how does one pay for thoughts? The answer, I think, is: with courage.
An effective way of fighting axienty is worrying less about yourself and more about others. When we really understand others problems, ours lose importance.
When things fall from my hands, it isn't my fault, but the thing's fault.
In the end there's always a tear, and there's someone who tore more.