Kenzaburō Ōe said this quote

“ Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can't make decisions about himself as neatly as all that. ”

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The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.

~ Kenzaburō Ōe

Kenzaburō Ōe Death

Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.

~ Kenzaburō Ōe

Kenzaburō Ōe Morals Society Understanding Work

We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats.

~ Kenzaburō Ōe

Kenzaburō Ōe Morals Power Society

The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvaged the souls of the people who have brought the atomic bomb.

~ Kenzaburō Ōe

Kenzaburō Ōe Responsibility Society