I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.
Simone WeilFor when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
Simone WeilWhoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others.
Simone Weil