“Then tell me, can life be beautiful in a place where people are being killed?”
Source: Ernesto'nun Dağları
“Because words form the foundation of society. Ideas create culture. Control them, and you can control . . . everything.”
Source: The Collector of Burned Books
“For I am you, torn from our scars.”
Source: What I Know About the Human Race: A Collection of Writing
“The greatness of a profession lies, perhaps, first of all, in the bond it creates between men: there is only one true luxury, and that is human relationships. By working only for material goods, we build our own prison. We lock ourselves up, solitary, with our ash money that provides nothing that is worth living.”
Source: Wind, Sand and Stars
“Oh you whom I have loved, farewell. It is not my fault that the human body cannot survive three days without drinking. I did not believe I was so imprisoned by the sources. I did not suspect such a short autonomy. It is believed that man can march straight ahead. It is believed that man is free... One does not see the rope that binds him to the well, that binds him like an umbilical cord to the belly of the earth. If he takes one more step, he dies.”
Source: Wind, Sand and Stars
“As for you who save us, Bedouin of Libya, you will nevertheless be erased forever from my memory. I will never remember your face. You are the Man, and you appear to me with the face of all men together. You have not even looked at us in the face and you have already recognized us. You are the beloved brother. And, in turn, I will recognize you in all men. You appear to me illuminated with nobility and benevolence, a great lord who has the power to give drink. In you, all my friends and my enemies walk toward me, and I no longer have a single enemy in the world.”
Source: Wind, Sand and Stars
“A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.”
Source: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
“Tolerance, tolerance, tolerance, that's the watchword of civilization.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“Toleration is civilization.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“We as humans always run the risk of ruining everything for everyone by being stupid.”
Source: Upscaled