Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent. George Steiner accompliceindifferentleaf Change image and share on social
We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning. George Steiner auschwitzbachday Change image and share on social
There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness. George Steiner culturegregariousnessinebriated Change image and share on social
Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge. George Steiner ageanymorecritic share on social
Central to everything I am and believe and have written is my astonishment, naive as it seems to people, that you can use human speech both to bless, to love, to build, to forgive and also to torture, to hate, to destroy and to annihilate. George Steiner annihilateastonishmentbless share on social
