“The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious than those of extreme barbarism.” Quote by Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
“I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.” ShouldPersonsArtPhilosophyHistoryBirthFuneralMournAbolish Author:Baron de Montesquieu
“"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.” ArtPhilosophyChristianChristAttentionHistoryPaidSingle Word Author:Andre Gide
“There is neither vice nor virtue, there are only circumstances.” ArtPhilosophyHistoryVirtueCircumstancesVices Author:Honore de Balzac
“Man finally knows that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the Universe, from which he emerged by accident.” KnowsMenArtPhilosophyUniverseHistoryAccidentsIndifferentImmensity Author:Jacques Monod
“Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself.” MenArtPhilosophyHelpingEarthResponsibilityHistoryInfiniteAimMidstAbandoned Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Heresy is the lifeblood of religions. It is faith that begets heresies. There are no heresies in a dead religion.” ArtPhilosophyHistoryHeresyBegets Author:Andre Suares
“Language is our body and our breath, our world and our thought, our perception and even out unconscious.” WorldArtPhilosophyBodyLanguageHistoryPerceptionBreathsUnconsciousOur WorldOur Thoughts Author:Philippe Sollers
“Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.” MenMindArtPhilosophyHistoryWallLimitsEvery Man Author:Alfred de Vigny
“Life is a loom, weaving illusion.” ArtPhilosophyLife IsHistoryIllusionWeavingLoomingSuch Is Life Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.” ArtPhilosophyWholeHistoryPhilosopherWhole LifePreparationPreparation For Death Author:Plato