Animal Quote by Denis de Rougemont

“This peculiar connexion between a certain view of woman and the European conception of war has had profound consequences for morality, education, and politics.”

— Denis de Rougemont

Having fallen from the eternal, the Evil One's desires are endless, insatiable. Having fallen from pure Being, he is driven by the desire to…

— Denis de Rougemont

“So soon as passion goes beyond instinct and becomes truly itself, it tends to self self-description, either in order to justify or intensify its…

— Denis de Rougemont

A life allied with mine, for the rest of our lives... that is the miracle of marriage.

— Denis de Rougemont

“The more a man is given to sentiment ,the more likely is he to be wordy and to speak well.”

— Denis de Rougemont

Social confusion has now reached a point at which the pursuit of immorality turns out to be more exhausting than compliance with the old…

— Denis de Rougemont

To love in the sense of passion-love is the contrary of to live. It is an impoverishment of one's being, an askesis without sequel,…

— Denis de Rougemont

One possessed a thousand and three women (in Spain alone), the other only one. But it is multiplicity that is impoverished, whilethe entire world…

— Denis de Rougemont

Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems,…

— Denis de Rougemont

What stirs lyrical poets to their finest flights is neither the delight of the senses nor the fruitful contentment of the settled couple; not…

— Denis de Rougemont

Love ceases to be a demon only when it ceases to be a god.

— Denis De Rougemont

Fallen myths can instill venom.

— Denis de Rougemont