Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

Quote by George Steiner

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The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The...

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he...

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he...

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of...

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of...

There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.

There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.

The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece...

The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.

Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and...

Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and...

The age of the book is almost gone.

The age of the book is almost gone.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour...

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour...

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am...

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am...

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;...

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...