I must live in
I must live in my own excrement, breathe in my own poisonous sticky fumes. Yet I am a human being! I still am. Does no one think of that? Egon Schiele
Poisonous
I describe it as
I describe it as tribalism because they’re very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that’s how Internet tribes behave. We see this more and more in electoral politics, which have become increasingly poisonous. Edward Snowden
On all the walls,
On all the walls, wherever walls exist, I will inscribe this eternal indictment of Christianity–I have letters to make even blindmen see…. I call Christianity the single great curse, the single great innermost depravity, the single great instinct of revenge, for which no means is poisonous, secretive, subterranean, small enough–I call it mankind’s single immortal … Read more
As is well known,
As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies—but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that in them hatred grows to monstrous and uncanny proportions, to the most spiritual and poisonous kind of hatred. The truly great haters in world history have always been priests; likewise … Read more
How poisonous, how crafty,
How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of force! Friedrich Nietzsche
The doctrine of equality!
The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice. Friedrich Nietzsche
Silence is worse; all
Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous. Friedrich Nietzsche
Visual pollution is more
Visual pollution is more poisonous than any other pollution because it kills the soul. Friedensreich Hundertwasser
The sinner\’s ego is
The sinner’s ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous! Frederick Franck
In other words, the
In other words, the problem of empire-building is essentially mystical. It must somehow foster the impression that a man is great in the degree that his nation is great; that a German as such is superior to a Belgian as such; an Englishman, to an Irishman; an American, to a Mexican: merely because the first-named … Read more