Quotes
Authors
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!"

Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 55), 1937.

African Spir

#Art Quotes #War Quotes #Men Quotes

“There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.”

Source : Christopher Smart (2016). “Routledge Revivals: The Collected Poems of Christopher Smart (1949): Volume One”, p.329, Routledge
“I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace.”
“I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.”
“I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.”
“This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long”

Source : "Fictional character: Laura Jesson". "Brief Encounter", www.imdb.com. 1945.
“When love flies it is remembered not as love but as something else.”
“A problem with my novels is that they, from the start, have been infantile and incredibly childish. There are childishness, stupidity, lack of wisdom, fantasies. At the same time, that's where my creativity can be found. If I tried to control it and make it more mature, it wouldn't be good at all. It'd be uninteresting, without any vivacity.”
“I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents. All of the rest of us, we have smears and stains, but they're helpless. I couldn't add my talent, which is prodigious, to a defense of someone even accused of hurting a child. I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops but as private citizens. Other than that, I represented everybody who came by.”

You may also like: