"Stupid ideas are immortal. Each new generation invents them anew."

Nicolás Gómez Dávila Philosophy See all quotes by Nicolás Gómez Dávila →

React to this quote

More by Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.”

“No public cause deserves the unlimited allegiance of an intelligent man.”

“The enemies of myth are not the friends of reality but of triviality.”

“Genuine allegiance to an idea surpasses every psychological or social motivation.”

“The individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows.”

“To be intelligent without ideas is the privilege of the artist.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Long before Thomas Kuhn observed that new ideas may have to wait for a new generation's acceptance, folk wisdom made this bittersweet point. A Hebrew proverb warns, Do not confine your children to you…"

— Marilyn Ferguson

Literature1938–2008

#wisdom

"It is not death, it is dying that alarms me."

— Michel de Montaigne

Philosophy1533–1592

#death

"Throughout human history, societies have grappled with fundamental questions of how to organize themselves, the proper relationship between the individual and the state, the best means to resolve inev…"

— Barack Obama

Politics1961

#justice