“The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war.” Quote by African Spir
“The intellectual development of man, far from having get men away from war, has, rather, on the contrary, bring them to a refinment always more perfected in the art of killing. They even came to raise the methods of slaughter to the rank of "science"... We would not (On ne saurait", Fr.) imagine a more extraordinary moral blindness!” MenArtWarMoralImagineDevelopmentIntellectualRaisesMethodExtraordinaryKillingContraryBlindnessSlaughterIntellectual Development Author:African Spir
“It must be all the same to the citizens ("ressortissants", Fr.) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such language or such other ("telle langue ou telle autre", Fr.); likewise that it must be all the same to them that these adhere to such or such religion, so long as a full (or complete) liberty is equally garantee for everyone.” LongCountrySpeakLanguageLibertyCitizensGoverning Author:African Spir
“It is to our lack of proper content ("notre manque de contenu propre:;», Fr.), of our inner emptiness that we need occupations and distractions, otherwise ("faute de quoi", Fr.) we experience boredom, which is nothing elses than the feeling of unease that take hold of us when our spirit is not absorbed by the mirages of life.” NeedsFeelingsSpiritBoredomEmptinessOccupationDistractionMirages Author:African Spir
“There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.” WorldOne ThingValuable Author:African Spir
“It goes without saying that only inner greatness possess a true value ("une valeur véritable,", Fr.) . Any attempt to rise up (or at rising up, - "s'élever", Fr.) outwardly above others, or to want (or wish) to impose one's superiority, denote a lack of moral greatness, since we do not try to replace ("suppléer", Fr.) in that way (.... in French "par là", Fr.) to what, if we did really possess it, would have no need whatsoever to flaunt itself.” IfsWayWantNeedsTryingValuesWishMoralGreatnessRisingWhat IfSuperiorityLeversTrue ValueRising Up Author:African Spir
“Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.” ActionMoralBearsDisciplineMoralityMoral Education Author:African Spir
“See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death ("tombe blessé à...", Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks have vanquished and dies happy. He detached himself from himself (s'est détacher de lui-même", Fr.), has identified himself with something greater and more lasting than himself; his homeland ("patrie", Fr.); thus, while dying as an individual, he has the certainty to survive in a larger existence.” DiesFallIndividualHurtExistenceGreaterDyingSoldierFolksCertaintyLastingBlessUnfortunateHomelandBattlefieldsDetached Author:African Spir
“Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.” PeopleThinkingEnoughCharacterFormYoungBrainNotionPrimeMultitudes Author:African Spir
“Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant, even if you worked your arms down to the stub, if you won a hundred battles, and faithfully gave the last drop of your blood for your country, you would always be a slave. There is no land for you, no heaven, no shelter, not even a doghouse where you could rest your poor head. You are the last before God and before people, the last one.” PeopleIfsHas BeensCountryLastsHeavenPoorLordBloodLandFieldsArmsBattleHundredFoundationSlaveSoldierBonesSweatShelterPeasantsMansionsBe A SlaveSaturated Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
“Everything must go its own way. One has to plow in order to sow, one has to sow in order to harvest, and what is disturbing has to be weeded out, like a bad weed.” WayOrderWeedHarvestDisturbingEverything Must Go Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont