“Conformism and non-conformism are symmetrical expressions of a lack of originality.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Conformism Copy Share Image
“Reason, truth, justice, tend not to be man’s goals, but the names he gives to his goals.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Goals Copy Share Image
“When the tyrant is the anonymous law, modern man believes he is free.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The 'wheel of fortune' is a better analogy for history than the 'evolution of humanity.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Analogy Copy Share Image
“Leveling is the barbarian’s substitute for order.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Barbarian Copy Share Image
History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Ability Copy Share Image
“The freer man believes he is, the easier it is to indoctrinate him.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Indoctrinate Copy Share Image
“The idea of “the free development of personality” seems admirable as long as one does not meet an individual whose personality has… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Individual personality 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
“An atheist is respectable as long as he does not teach that the dignity of man is the basis of ethics and… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Atheist 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
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
“The liberation promised by every invention ends with the growing submission of the man who adopts it to the man who manufactures… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Freedom Copy Share Image
“Progress ages badly. Each generation brings a new model of progressivism which discards with contempt the previous model. Nothing is more grotesque… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Growth 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
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Civilization 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
“Universal suffrage in the end does not recognize any of the individual’s rights except the “right” to be alternately oppressor or oppressed.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Individual rights 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 Christ Copy Share Image
“Modern man’s misfortune lies not in having to live a mediocre life, but in believing that he could live one that is… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Life 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
The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that… — Nicolas Gomez Davila Coherence Copy Share Image
“The egalitarian passion is a perversion of the critical sense: atrophy of the faculty of discrimination.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Egalitarian Copy Share Image
“To deny that a “human nature” exists is the ideological trick the optimist employs to defend himself against history.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila History Copy Share Image
“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Civilization 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
