Salvador De Madariaga Quotes

Literature is an art, and the essence of all art is mood.

He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.

Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin.

Love has its roots in sex, but its foliage and flowers are in the pure light of spirit.

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home ... : reading by the fireside ... Listening to music.

Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.

The criminal excesses of unlimited capitalistic liberty had soon been checked thanks to the unlimited liberty of the press.

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.

A general must be shot or befriended - but never hurt.

The arts which need interpretation are the arts of time
music and poetry
and not the arts of space
sculpture and painting.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.