- 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.
- Almost always, it is the conviction that ‘I am right’ or ‘my cause is the cause of justice’ that triggers violence. That is, …the moment propaganda does its work, violence is unleashed. And violence can be reduced by countering this propaganda.
- Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.
- Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.
- Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.
- The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.
- Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.
- The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.
- No one knows where we are going, the aim of life has been forgotten, the end has been left behind. Man has set out at tremendous speed- to go nowhere.
- Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor’s edge.
10 inspirational jacques ellul quotes on success
