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
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent. George Steiner accompliceindifferentleaf Change image and share on social
My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do. George Steiner deepfatherfine Change image and 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
