Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art. – Ezra Pound
Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. – Ezra Pound
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. – Ezra Pound
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. – Azar Nafisi