The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

Quote by Andre Malraux

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Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love....

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love....

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.