Strange that only a little problem of your own will take your mind far from a tragedy belonging to others.
Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth
Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.
There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.
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.
The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it.
Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.
To endure life remains, when all is said, the first duty of all living being Illusion can have no value if it makes this more difficult for us.
I do not think it is appropriate for teenage boys and girls to share the same bathroom.
It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.