“All these nations were great because they had great prejudices. They now have none. Are they nations still? At most, disintegrated crowds.”

— Emil Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born

A whole mythology is deposited in our language

Jean-François Deniau peacefully plays chess in Sarajevo, June 1992.

Heinrich Kramer, Malleus Maleficarum, 1486

To chase the shadows of the past, and never catch up.

Stillness

An eternal dream ahead, in a place where we were not expected

Look, my son, wherever you are, Wherever you go under this moon,
Even if you forget your mother,
Do not forget your Mother tongue.

M. Henry, Part of the Starry Sky

Pain in the human world is the birth of personality... Already in the animal world individuality suffers. Freedom gives rise to suffering. One can lessen it if one refuses freedom.

Four men and a painting, Italy, 1956