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Jacques Ellul quotes: Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.

Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.

Jacques Ellul quotes: We have to admit that there is an immeasurable distance between all that we read in the Bible and the practice of the Church and of Christians.

We have to admit that there is an immeasurable distance between all that we read in the Bible and the practice of the Church and of Christians.

Jacques Ellul quotes: No one knows where we are going, the aim of life has been forgotten, the end has been left behind. Man has set out at tremendous speed- to go nowhere.

No one knows where we are going, the aim of life has been forgotten, the end has been left behind. Man has set out at tremendous speed- to go nowhere.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.

Jacques Ellul quotes: And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world

And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world

Jacques Ellul quotes: Technical civilization has made a great error in not suppressing death, the only human reality still intact

Technical civilization has made a great error in not suppressing death, the only human reality still intact

Jacques Ellul quotes: Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of creation. It makes history possible.

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of creation. It makes history possible.

Jacques Ellul quotes: In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Philosophy which asserts that human experience repeats itself is ineffectual.

Philosophy which asserts that human experience repeats itself is ineffectual.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Propaganda begins when dialogue ends. (Quoted by Marshall McLuhan in McLuhan Hot & Cool)

Propaganda begins when dialogue ends. (Quoted by Marshall McLuhan in McLuhan Hot & Cool)

Jacques Ellul quotes: Propaganda ceases where simple dialogue begins.

Propaganda ceases where simple dialogue begins.

Jacques Ellul quotes: I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history .

I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history .

Jacques Ellul quotes: God is not an encyclopedia whose task it is to satisfy our curiosity.

God is not an encyclopedia whose task it is to satisfy our curiosity.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it.

The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The aim of modern propaganda is no longer to modify ideas, but to provoke action.

The aim of modern propaganda is no longer to modify ideas, but to provoke action.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine.

Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve .

Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve .

Jacques Ellul quotes: The individual who is the servant of technique must be completely unconscious of himself.

The individual who is the servant of technique must be completely unconscious of himself.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.

Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor.

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity.

Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Fate operates when people give up

Fate operates when people give up

Jacques Ellul quotes: Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.

Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The biblical God lets us make our own history, and goes with us on the more or less unheard-of adventures we concoct.

The biblical God lets us make our own history, and goes with us on the more or less unheard-of adventures we concoct.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.

Jacques Ellul quotes: When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them

When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them

Jacques Ellul quotes: The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Thinking has become a superfluous exercise ... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise ... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take

The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.

Jacques Ellul quotes: The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.

The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.

Jacques Ellul quotes: Because of the myth of progress, it is much easier to sell a man an electric razor than a straight-edged one.

Because of the myth of progress, it is much easier to sell a man an electric razor than a straight-edged one.

Jacques Ellul quotes: It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.