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“The blood of the heroes is closer to God than the ink of the philosophers and the prayers of the faithful.”
― Revolt Against the Modern World
― Revolt Against the Modern World
“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember professionals built the Titanic but an amateur built the ark.”
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“America ... has created a 'civilization' that represents an exact contradiction of the ancient European tradition. It has introduced the religion of praxis and productivity; it has put the quest for profit, great industrial production, and mechanical, visible, and quantitative achievements over any other interest. It has generated a soulless greatness of a purely technological and collective nature, lacking any background of transcendence, inner light, and true spirituality. America has [built a society where] man becomes a mere instrument of production and material productivity within a conformist social conglomerate”
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“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
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“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god. ”
― Politics
― Politics
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