A man screaming is not a dancing bear. Life is not a spectacle.
Aime CesaireRead
I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of individuality and diversity within a universal context.
Aime Cesaire suggests that true universality does not erase particularities or individual differences, but rather embraces and enriches them. He advocates for a perspective that celebrates the coexistence and depth of diverse experiences, highlighting how these specifics contribute to a more profound understanding of the universal.
Themes
UniversalityDiversityParticularityCoexistenceRichness
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about cultural inclusion, one might refer to this quote to highlight the value of diverse backgrounds.
More from Aime Cesaire
All quotes →Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me. Strip me of all of these garments, strip me as a man strips off dreams when the dawn comes. . . .
Aime CesaireRead
It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.
Aime CesaireRead
I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out.
Aime CesaireRead
Similar quotes
In the long run, the oppressor is also a victim. In the short run (and so far, human history has consisted only of short runs), the victims, themselves desperate and tainted with the culture that oppresses them, turn on other victims.
Howard ZinnRead
We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.
Napoleon HillRead
The profit orientation is only one orientation of a person. The same people who are interested in profit-making are also selfless. I am not saying that capitalist theory is wrong. I am saying that it has not been interpreted and practiced fully.
Muhammad YunusRead
The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?
Anne RiceRead
Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science.
Albert EinsteinRead
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.
William Tecumseh ShermanRead