The only true hope for civilization-the conviction of the individual that his inner life can affect outward events and that, whether or not he does so he is responsible for them.


World Within World: The Autobiography of Stephen Spender (ed. Univ of California Press, 1966)

Stephen Spender Quotes

The only true hope for civilization-the conviction of the individual that his inner life can affect outward events and that, whether or not he does...

The only true hope for civilization-the conviction of the individual that his inner life can affect outward events and that, whether or not he does...

The only true hope for civilization-the conviction of the individual that his inner life can affect outward events and that, whether or not he does...

The only true hope for civilization-the conviction of the individual that his inner life can affect outward events and that, whether or not he does...