59 Quotes by Nicolas Gomez Davila

Observing life is too interesting to waste time living it.

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

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.

The Church used to absolve sinners; today it has the gall to absolve sins.

Truth is in history, but history is not the truth.

Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.

Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting.

The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.