Adversity Quote by Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Modern man’s misfortune lies not in having to live a mediocre life, but in believing that he could live one that is not mediocre.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“The liberation promised by every invention ends with the growing submission of the man who adopts it to the man who manufactures it.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Revolution is progressivist and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance. The revolutionary is a potential government official;…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Rather than humanizing technology, modern man prefers to technify man.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebels against a positive…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“The most ominous of modern perversions is the shame of appearing naïve if we do not flirt with evil. (La más ominosa de las…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“When nothing in society deserves respect, we should fashion for ourselves in solitude new silent loyalties.”

— Nicólas Gómez Dávila

“Truths are not relative. What is relative are opinions about truth.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Every individual with “ideals” is a potential murderer.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila