No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place. ↗
I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure. ↗
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. ↗
Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed. ↗
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own. ↗