Davila Quotes

“The curve of man’s knowledge of himself ascends until the 17th century, declines gradually afterwards, in this century it finally plummets”

“The anarchy that threatens a degrading society is not its punishment, but its remedy.”

“The greatest modern error is not to proclaim that God died, but to believe that the devil has died.”

“It is impossible to convince the fool that there are pleasures superior to those we share with the rest of the animals.”

“Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.”

“To demand that the intelligence abstain from judging mutilates its faculty of understanding.It is in the value judgment that understanding culminates.”

“The individual seeks out the heat of the crowd, in this century, to protect himself against the cold emanating from the corpse of the world.”

“To be right is just one more reason not to achieve any success.”

“Everything that makes man feel that mystery envelops him makes him more intelligent.”

“Phrases are pebbles that the writer tosses into the reader’s soul.The diameter of the concentric waves they displace depends on the dimensions of the pond.”