“The egalitarian passion is a perversion of the critical sense: atrophy of the faculty of discrimination.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Passion Copy Share Image
The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply… — Nicolas Gomez Davila Answers Copy Share Image
“The modern mentality is the child of human pride puffed up by commercial advertising.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Children Copy Share Image
“A simple fit of impatience often soon bridges the distance between utopia and murder.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“The anarchy that threatens a degrading society is not its punishment, but its remedy.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Anarchy Copy Share Image
Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Dungeons Copy Share Image
“Ethical rules vary; honour does not change. A man is noble if he prefers to fail rather than to debase the tools… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Character Copy Share Image
“By means of the notion of “cultural evolution,” the democratic anthropologist tries to avoid questions of biology.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Biology Copy Share Image
History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Ability Copy Share Image
“La revolución es progresista y busca el robustecimiento del estado; la rebelión es reaccionaria y busca su desvanecimiento. El revolucionario es un… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Revolution Copy Share Image
“The contemporary anthropologist, under democrats' severe gaze, skips quickly over ethnic differences like over hot coals.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Jesus Christ would not attract listeners today by preaching as the Son of God, but as the son of a carpenter.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Modern times Copy Share Image
In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows,… — Nicolas Gomez Davila Age Copy Share Image
Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding — Nicolas Gomez Davila Esteem Copy Share Image
“It is not just that human trash accumulates in cities—it is that cities turn what accumulates in them into trash.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“The 'wheel of fortune' is a better analogy for history than the 'evolution of humanity.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila History Copy Share Image
“When the tyrant is the anonymous law, modern man believes he is free.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Modern man Copy Share Image
Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion — Nicolas Gomez Davila Contrary Copy Share Image
“Liberty is not an end, but a means. Whoever mistakes it for an end does not know what to do once he… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Freedom Copy Share Image
“The freer man believes he is, the easier it is to indoctrinate him.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Instead of looking for explanations for the fact of inequality, anthropologists should look for the explanation for the notion of equality.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Equality Copy Share Image
“Modern man does not love, but seeks refuge in love; does not hope, but seeks refuge in hope; does not believe, but… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Dogma Copy Share Image
“Contemporary literature, in each and every epoch, is the worst enemy of culture. A reader’s limited time is wasted in reading a… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Books Copy Share Image
“There are fewer ambitious individuals in the world today than individuals who believe they are morally obliged to be ambitious.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Ambition Copy Share Image
“The individual seeks out the heat of the crowd, in this century, to protect himself against the cold emanating from the corpse… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Humanity Copy Share Image
