“Continued adherence to the doctrine of military necessity will lead to mutual suicide.”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
Must We Go to War? (1937)
“Continued adherence to the doctrine of military necessity will lead to mutual suicide.”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
Must We Go to War? (1937)
“A person is a process, one that leads to death…”
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist
“An Unread Book”, p. 40
The Third Book of Criticism (1969)
“Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works
“The sure path can only lead to death.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
“The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100
Context: The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death. From Shiloh to Dachau, from Antietam to Stalingrad, from Hiroshima to Vietnam and Afghanistan, the great specialty of industry and technology has been the mass production of human corpses.
“the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Clive Staples Lewis book The Pilgrim's Regress
Pilgrim’s Regress 132–133
The Pilgrim's Regress (1933)