Accepting Quote by Jacques Ellul

“The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.” quote by Jacques Ellul — Download Open image

“The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.”

Jacques Ellul

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Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.

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Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity.

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Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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