Human Race

" We find that at present the human race is divided politically into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred.  That is, by an optimistic observer."

T. H. White
"The Once And Future King "

Opinions

" Opinions are the blind alleys of lazy or of stupid men,  who are unable to think."

T. H. White
"The Once And Future King "

God

" Why should not God have come to the earth as an earthworm? There are a great more worms than men, and they do a great deal more good."

T. H. White
"The Once And Future King "

Kinder

" Everybody knows that children are more intelligent than their parents."

T. H. White
"The Once And Future King "

Future

" We cannot build the future by avenging the past."

T. H. White
"The Once And Future King "

Bravery

" The bravest people are the ones who don't mind looking like cowards."

T. H.  White
" The Once And Future King"

Pflicht der Liebe

"You could not give up a human heart as you could  give up drinking.  The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover's soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it."

T.H. White
" The Once And Future King "

Manieren

"Manners are only needed between people, to keep their empty affairs in working order."

T.H. White
" The Once And Future King

Denken

"Don't ever let anybody teach you to think,  Lance: it is the curse of the world. "

T.H. White
" The Once And Future King "

Krieg

"There is no excuse for war, none whatever, and whatever the wrong which your nation might be doing to mine - short of War - my nation would be in the wrong if it started a war so as to redress it."

T.H. White
" The Once and Future King "     

Schicksal der Menschheit

"The destiny of Man is to unite, not to devide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees."

T.H. White
" The Once and Future King "      

Education

"Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance."

T.H. White
"The Once and Future King"