Salvador de Madariaga

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.

— Salvador de Madariaga

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador De Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

“The arts which need interpretation are the arts of time -- music and poetry -- and not the arts of space --…

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

“To-day, in more than half of Europe, man is at the mercy of the police; in 1900 even the most conservative and…

— Salvador de Madariaga

“The ideal holiday for the truly active man is one doing nothing in beautiful surroundings . . . and the ideal exercise…

— Salvador de Madariaga

On the one hand, it is in and through creative minds that the community fulfils itself at its best and reaches its…

— Salvador de Madariaga

My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My…

— Salvador de Madariaga

He is free who knows to keep in his own hands the power to decide, at each step, the course of his…

— Salvador de Madariaga

“The three creative prototypes, the scientist, the artist, and the saint, know instinctively, without the help of any mere philosopher, that each…

— Salvador de Madariaga

On the one hand, it is in and through creative minds that the community fulfils itself at its best and reaches its…

— Salvador de Madariaga

Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our…

— Salvador de Madariaga

“If man is but a biological organism and biology itself may be reduced to a set of physical and chemical laws, it…

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga

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

— Salvador de Madariaga