Salvador de Madariaga
My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My knowledge of myself starts at the core; that of others at the crust.Collection: Empathy
Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.Collection: Art
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.Collection: Block
No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.Collection: Peace
Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.Collection: Liberty
Love has its roots in sex, but its foliage and flowers are in the pure light of spirit.Collection: Love
Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.Collection: Mean
Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.Collection: Men
A general must be shot or befriended - but never hurt.Collection: Hurt
Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our initiative attacks; then it develops according to its inner logic, passes its climax, seeks its cadence, ends, and restores silence, leisure again. Action and leisure are thus interdependent; echoing and recalling each other, so that action enlivens leisure with its memories and anticipations, and leisure expands and raises action beyond its mere immediate self and gives it a permanent meaning.Collection: Memories
Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.Collection: Sometimes
Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.Collection: Defense
The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin.Collection: Doe
On the one hand, it is in and through creative minds that the community fulfils itself at its best and reaches its highest forms; and on the other, it is from them that the community recovers the social substance with which it had nourished them, transfigured by their creative alchemy into a still higher social substance.Collection: Hands
The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music.Collection: Reading
He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.Collection: Freedom
Circumstances are the seeds of literature.Collection: Literature
The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.Collection: Expression