“Throughout the war, it was always my endeavour to view my opponent without animus, and to form an opinion of him as a man on the basis of the courage he showed. I would always try and seek him out… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
Freedom is based on the anarch’s awareness that he can kill himself. He carries this awareness around; it accompanies him like a shadow that… — Ernst Junger Copy Share
“Bruno withdrew from the field of history more resolutely than Vigo; that is why I prefer the former’s retrospect but the latter’s prospect. As… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“A great physicist is always a metaphysicist as well; he has a higher concept of his knowledge and his task.” — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“It is not that I as an anarch reject authority à tout prix. On the other contrary, I seek it, and that is precisely… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror. — Ernst Junger Copy Share
“I, as an anarch, renouncing any bond, any limitation of freedom, also reject compulsory education as nonsense. It was one of the greatest well-springs… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“The anarch nurtures no expectations. He stakes on no one but himself. Basically, people remain pied pipers, whatever melodies they play to introduce themselves.… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“I begin with the respect that the anarch shows towards the rules. Respectare as an intensive of respicere means: ‘to look back, to think… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“At times I see them as if I were walking through the streets of Pompeii before the eruption of Vesuvius. This is one of… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“How can one explain this trend towards a more colorless and shallow life? Well, the work was easier, if less healthy, and it brought… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“The anarch differs from the anarchist in that he has a very pronounced sense of the rules. Insofar as and to the extent that… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“Man is born violent but is kept in check by the people around him. If he nevertheless manages to throw off his fetters, he… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“The anarch, as I have expounded elsewhere, is the pendant to the monarch; he is as sovereign as the monarch, and also freer since… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
“The ship founders on a sandbank and then gets back afloat. Electric power stops; after a while, the machines start up again. During such… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share
