Author: Alain Badiou

Quotes

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

- Alain Badiou

Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.

Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.

- Alain Badiou

Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism.

Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism.

- Alain Badiou

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

- Alain Badiou

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.

- Alain Badiou

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it's not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it's not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

- Alain Badiou

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