Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008) Irish politician
In Irish Times, Dublin (July 15, 1969) ; as quoted in The Columbia Book of Quotations, ed. Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press (1993), p. 900 : ISBN 0231071949, 9780231071949
Source: Anti-Machiavel, Ch. 3 : Mixed Principalities
Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008) Irish politician
In Irish Times, Dublin (July 15, 1969) ; as quoted in The Columbia Book of Quotations, ed. Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press (1993), p. 900 : ISBN 0231071949, 9780231071949
“But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Arthur Ponsonby (1871–1946) British Liberal and later Labour politician and pacifist
Falsehood in Wartime (1928), Introduction
Norodom Ranariddh (1944) Cambodian politician
by Sam Rainsy, President of Sam Rainsy Party in November 2006.
[Vong Sokheng and Charles McDermid, http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-prince-hails-royalist-cpp, Funcinpec prince hails 'Royalist' CPP, 3 November 2006, 28 August 2015, Phnom Penh Post]
“But man is not made for defeat... a man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
Variant: A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Source: The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
Elie Wiesel book Night
Misattributed <br class="br">Source: Robert McAfee Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McAfee_Brown. Preface for the 25th anniversary edition of Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_%28book%29. Page v, Bantam Books paperback; 1982 reissue edition.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
Part V, Ch. 3 : 3rd Public Talk Madras 14th January 1968 "The Sacred" http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/awakening-of-intelligence/1968-01-14-jiddu-krishnamurti-awakening-of-intelligence-the-sacred <br class="br">1970s, The Awakening of Intelligence (1973) <br class="br">Context: One can go on endlessly reading, discussing, piling up words upon words, without ever doing anything about it. It is like a man that is always ploughing, never sowing, and therefore never reaping. Most of us are in that position. And words, ideas, theories, have become much more important than actual living, which is acting, doing. I do not know if you have ever wondered why, throughout the world, ideas, formulas, concepts, have tremendous significance, not only scientifically but also theologically.