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.
I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.
I'm trying to look at many, many things in modern life that I believe are going faster, and I'm trying to look at why they're going faster and what effect they have on us. We all know about FedEx and instant pudding, but it doesn't mean we've looked at all the consequences of our desire for speed.
The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we are capable of forming; so that now as we plunge into that darkness which is beyond intellect, we shall find ourselves not simply running short of words but actually speechless and unknowing.
What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?
A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people.
The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable.
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