Jose Bergamin Quotes

“All true tradition usually appears revolutionary”

“If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.”

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)

Happiness is always a coincidence.

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin