Slavoj Zizek
Philosopher, cultural critic
Sayings by Slavoj Zizek
The greatest danger is not that we will fail, but that we will succeed in the wrong way.
There is no such thing as a neutral observer.
The ultimate freedom is to be able to choose your own chains.
The problem is not that we desire, but that we desire what others desire.
The true political act is to change the coordinates of what is possible.
The most dangerous illusion is that we are free.
We are all ideological zombies.
The only way to escape ideology is to embrace it.
The greatest revolution is not to change the world, but to change yourself.
The true crisis is not economic, but ideological.
We live in a post-ideological era, which means we are more ideological than ever.
The ultimate gesture of freedom is to say 'no'.
The true measure of a society is how it treats its madmen.
The fantasy is precisely what structures our reality.
The true scandal is not that things are bad, but that we accept them as normal.
The greatest act of love is to tell the truth, even if it hurts.
We are all living in the matrix, but we don't know it.
The greatest illusion is that we can escape our own history.
The only way to be truly free is to confront your own unfreedom.
The ultimate goal of philosophy is not to solve problems, but to dissolve them.