“Neither blindness nor ignorance corrupts people and governments. They soon realize where the path they have taken is leading them. But there is an impulse within them, favored by their natures and reinforced by their habits, which they do not resist; it continues to propel them forward as long as they have a remnant of strength. He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.1 Leopold von Ranke”
― Joachim Fest, quote from Hitler
“The need to magnify themselves, to bestir themselves, is characteristic of all illegitimates.”
― Joachim Fest, quote from Hitler
“Whether they represent us as clowns or criminals, the main thing is that they mention us, that they concern themselves with us again and again.”
― Joachim Fest, quote from Hitler
“Propaganda must above all be popular, he argued; it must not be aimed toward the intelligentsia but “always and exclusively to the masses,” and its level “must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to.”
― Joachim Fest, quote from Hitler
Joachim Fest
Born place: in Berlin, Germany
Born date December 8, 1926
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“We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.”
― Malala Yousafzai, quote from I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
“Attraverso le inferriate della sua individualità, l’uomo fissa senza speranza le mura di cinta delle circostanze esteriori, finché arriva la morte e lo richiama a casa, alla sua libertà… Individualità! Ah, quello che si è, che si può e che si ha, sembra povero, grigio, modesto e noioso; ma quello che non si è, non si può e non si ha, è proprio quello che guardiamo con invidia struggente, che diventa amore per paura che diventi odio. Io porto in me il germe, la radice, la possibilità per tutte le attitudini e le attività di questo mondo… Dove potrei essere, se non fossi qui? Chi, che cosa, come potrei essere se non fossi me stesso, se questa mia persona non mi chiudesse, se non separasse la mia conoscenza da tutti coloro che sono me! L’organismo! Cieca, sconsiderata, deplorevole eruzione dell’incalzante volontà! Meglio, per davvero, che questa volontà si liberi nella notte senza spazio e senza tempo, invece di languire in prigione, appena illuminata da una tremula e vacillante fiammella dell’intelletto!”
― Thomas Mann, quote from Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
“In a sense, he thought, all we consist of is memories. Our personalities are constructed from memories, our lives are organized around memories, our cultures are built upon the foundation of shared memories that we call history and science.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Sphere
“We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet, the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt. It is not so much the lack of technical information that holds us back, but more the lack of self-confidence.”
― Robert T. Kiyosaki, quote from Rich Dad, Poor Dad
“My heart is broken,” she goes. “It’s turned to a piece of stone. I’m no good. That’s what’s as bad as anything, that I’m no good anymore.”
― Raymond Carver, quote from What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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