The religious definition of truth is not that it is universal but that it is absolute.
Weitere Zitate von W.H. Auden
Zum Autor"I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen."
"When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over."
"Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith."
"Without art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without science, we should always worship false gods."