Famous quotes containing the words absolute and/or spirit:
“But their determination to banish fools foundered
ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots.”
—Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
“We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow the madness gave way to a frenzy which would leave our poor Europe in a state of distracted stupor, with engines still turning and flags streaming in the breeze, but with the spirit gone.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)