"Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order."
― Johan Huizinga
Topic(s):
Wisdom
More From Johan Huizinga
- "These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution."
- "An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic."
- "Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning."