“I am an anarch in space, a metahistorian in time. Hence I am committed to neither the political present nor tradition; I… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
The political trend is always to be observed, partly as a spectacle, partly for one's own safety. The liberal is dissatisfied with… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
“If I love freedom above all else, then any commitment becomes a metaphor, a symbol. This touches on the difference between the… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“All the systems which explain so precisely why the world is as it is and why it can never be otherwise, have… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one. They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades.… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
“It is no coincidence that precisely when things started going downhill with the gods, politics gained its bliss-making character. There would be… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“For the anarch, little has changed; flags have meaning for him, but not sense. I have seen them in the air and… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“A great physicist is always a metaphysicist as well; he has a higher concept of his knowledge and his task.” — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“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 Image
The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror. — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
