Occupation: Philosopher Birth: January 6, 1912 Death: May 19, 1994
For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be ….
Propaganda tries first of all to create conditioned reflexes in the individual so that certain words, signs, or symbols, even certain persons or fact….
It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when we boast of the continua….
To the ideal of high consumption and the downgrading of spiritual values corresponds a conception of injustice that centers exclusively on the proble….
Almost always, it is the conviction that 'I am right' or 'my cause is the cause of justice' that triggers violence. That is, ...the moment propaganda….
Faith lived in the incognito is one which is located outside the criticism coming from society , from politics , from history , for the very reason t….
The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually ….
The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it..
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.
There is a limited elite that understands the secrets of their own techniques, but not necessarily of all techniques. These men are close to the seat….
Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians..
God is always present, always available. At whatever moment in which one turns to him the prayer is received, is heard, is authenticated, for it is G….
The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor..
For in a civilization which has lost the meaning of life, the most important thing a Christian can do is to live, and life, understood from the point….
Technical civilization has made a great error in not suppressing death, the only human reality still intact.
Human life as a whole is not inundated by technique. It has room for activities that are not rationally or systematically ordered. But the collision ….
The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows, and first of all to herself. I….
Propaganda must not concern itself with what is best in man - the highest goals humanity sets for itself, its noblest and most precious feelings. Pro….
It is not true that the perfection of police power is the result of the state's Machiavellianism or of some transitory influence. The whole structure….
I can very well say without hesitation that all those who have political power, even if they use it well have acquired it by demonic mediation and ev….
I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history..