What stirs lyrical poets to their finest flights is neither the delight of the senses nor the fruitful contentment of the settled couple; not the sat…

- Denis De Rougemont

Animals do feel like us, also joy, love, fear and pain but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to take their part and continue to…

- Denis De Rougemont

Social confusion has now reached a point at which the pursuit of immorality turns out to be more exhausting than compliance with the old moral codes.

- Denis De Rougemont

Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.

- Denis De Rougemont

Why should neurotic, selfish, immature people suddenly become angels when they fall in love ... ?

- Denis De Rougemont

Happiness is indeed a Eurydice, vanishing as soon as gazed upon. It can exist only in acceptance, and succumbs as soon as it is laid claim to.

- Denis De Rougemont

Having fallen from the eternal, the Evil One's desires are endless, insatiable. Having fallen from pure Being, he is driven by the desire to possess,…

- Denis De Rougemont

A life allied with mine, for the rest of our lives... that is the miracle of marriage.

- Denis De Rougemont

One possessed a thousand and three women (in Spain alone), the other only one. But it is multiplicity that is impoverished, whilethe entire world is …

- Denis De Rougemont