Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

He who seeks to approach his own buried past must conduct himself like >>

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It >>

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is wor >>

Quotations about Complacency

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, b >>

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one sh >>

They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their d >>

These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.

Benjamin, Walter