59 Quotes by Nicolas Gomez Davila

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it.

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

Being a reactionary is not about believing in certain solutions, but about having an acute sense of the complexity of the problems.

Intelligence consists not in handling intelligent ideas, but in handling any idea intelligently.

Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience.

Everything that makes man feel that mystery envelops him makes him more intelligent.

I distrust every idea that doesn’t seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries.

The pure reactionary is not a dreamer of abolished pasts, but a hunter of sacred shades on the eternal hills... The reactionary does not aspire to turn back, but rather to change direction. The past that he admires is not a goal but an exemplification of his dreams.