Occupation: Writer Birth: May 18, 1913 Death: May 17, 1994
Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding.
The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to them..
Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal..
Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting..
Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent..
Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon..
History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability..
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it..
Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion.
The Church used to absolve sinners; today it has the gall to absolve sins..
The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions..
The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style..
In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know..
Truth is in history, but history is not the truth..