“There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.”
God“Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.”
God“There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.”
God“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
Religion“You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.”
Love“Experience teaches only the teachable.”
Experience“De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.”
History“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Music“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.”
Power“To his dog, every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs.”
Pet“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”
History“Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.”
Dad“The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.”
Education“Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.”
God“Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.”
Happiness“From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.”
Experience“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.”
Truth“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.”
War“Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.”
Good“What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.”
Men“Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.”
Art“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”
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