In the contradiction lies the hope.
Only bad generals need heroes.
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.