Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Human existence must be a kind of error…it may be said of it, it is bad today and every day it will get worse, until the worst of all happens. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why –but the editorialists forget it –terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking. – John Berger