Philosophy Quote by Guy Debord — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Dont tout «avoir» effectif doit tirer son prestige immédiat et sa fonction dernière.”

“Le spectacle est la principale production de la société actuelle.”

“Le spectacle est le mauvais rêve de la société moderne enchaînée, qui n'exprime finalement que son désir de dormir. Le spectacle est le gardien de ce sommeil.”

“Le but n'est rien, le développement est tout. Le spectacle ne veut en venir à rien d'autre qu'à lui-même.”

“On ne peut opposer absraitement le spectacle et l'activité sociale effective.”

“Il est le soleil qui ne se couche jamais sur l'empire de la passivité moderne. Il recouvre toute la surface du monde et baigne indéfiniment dans sa propre gloire.”

“Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative.”

“Plato claimed that we were all joined to someone else once, we were humans with four arms and four legs, and a head of two faces, but we were so powerful we threatened to topple the Gods. So they split us from our sole mates down the middle, and doomed us to live forever without our counterparts”

“To achieve great things we must be self-confined...mastery is revealed in limitation.”

“Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind.”

“The free mind, unafraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.”

“An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.”