Primo Levi

Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions. ↗

— Primo Levi

#holocaust

I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man. ↗

— Primo Levi

#mankind #mankind

Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust. ↗

— Primo Levi

#inspirational

Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who stop to consider the antithesis; that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. ↗

— Primo Levi

#holocaust #inspirational #survival #equality

Today, I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence. ↗

— Primo Levi

#shoah #age

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need. ↗

— Primo Levi

#anyone #experiences #explosive #gossip #nature

The aims of life are the best defense against death. ↗

— Primo Levi

#aims #best #death #defense #life

I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine. ↗

— Primo Levi

#beautiful #exchange #house #i #inside