"Nobel Lecture" Quotes
A thought-provoking exploration of the ethical responsibilities of literature and the impact of truth-telling on society.
nonfiction | 69 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart.
Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity.
The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
Man is a creature who can get used to anything.
The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul.
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century.
