After many years of thinking, reading and writing and looking, I came to believe that there are two basic, essential values which… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I think that the essential instruction of the Bible is very much topical. The sole problem is that with every change of… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Middle class people, the bourgeoisie, they are also feeling frightened at the moment. Some fear losing their fortunes; some go bankrupt; some… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I did not and do not think of the solidity-liquidity conundrum as a dichotomy; I view those two conditions as a couple… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
The Bible provides unity without imposing uniformity, without prohibiting change; it is a standing invitation to thinking and to take responsibilities. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Our bad luck is that our writing is linear, while we think circularly. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
If Christ would have left Christian ethics codified on the table, then he wouldn't produce moral beings choosing between good and evil,… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
When people think, rightly or wrongly, that marriage is forever, they are stimulated to seek and find a resolution, a modus vivendi,… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I need us… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
It is easy now to break the vows. It is even easier to part your ways if vows haven't been taken. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, when I was young, people saw a wedding as an event that determined the rest of their life. For a… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
If you look back on the history of the 20th century, the 19th century or even to the ancien régime of the 18th, you… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
After many years of thinking, reading and writing and looking, I came to believe that there are two basic, essential values which are indispensable… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
State governments seek local remedies for the globally fabricated deprivations and miseries in vain - just as the individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: by the impact of… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“Beneath the dream of fame, another dream, a dream of no longer dissolving and staying dissolved in the grey, faceless and insipid mass of… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Why are people so concerned with relativism? If you look back in history, millions of people were killed because of someone's dogmatic views, but… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
