You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.
Interpretation
Everyone has their justifications and perspectives for their actions, regardless of their morality.
This quote highlights the complexity of human behavior and the understanding that every individual acts based on their own reasoning, shaped by personal experiences and circumstances. It suggests that, while one might view someone's actions as wrong or unjust, there is often a deeper rationale that informs those decisions, emphasizing the importance of empathy and understanding in human interactions.
In practice
In a discussion about moral dilemmas, one might use this quote to illustrate the importance of understanding others' perspectives.
To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much claim to being called an art as a poem by Verlaine or a painting by Delacroix… Art is ‘making.’ The art of poetry is the art of making poetry. The art of love is the art of making love... My father never talked to me about art. He could not bear the word.
A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.
A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.
The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons.
I believe that perfection handicaps cinema.
A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway. If I had a yaller dog that didn't know no more than a person's conscience does I would pison him. It takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides, and yet ain't no good, nohow.
It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.
The majority of philosophers are totally humorless. That's part of their trouble.
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