"Courage is the best slayer: courage which attacks; for in every attack there is a triumphant shout."
— Nietzsche
— Nietzsche
Fulfill your obligations. Fulfill your obligations. That means do what you're supposed to do. That means no shortcuts, no quick fixes, no sweatless solutions. In other words, no slack.
JOCKO
JOCKO
Why is our era one of decadence? Why does the world despise vigor and youth and worthy ambitions and single-mindedness? You once cut men down with your sword, you were wounded by the swords of others, you endured the most terrible dangers.
Yukio Mishima, 'Spring Snow'
Yukio Mishima, 'Spring Snow'
"The thing that’s in between talent and success can be summed up in one word: discipline. Do you have the discipline to do the work, to make the hard decisions, to put in the daily grind?"
JOCKO
JOCKO
"The polite term for mediocre, as is well known, is the word 'Liberal.'"
— Nietzsche
— Nietzsche
"If all life were a uniform stream of existence, we would not know the words people, state, war, or politics. But the eternal and powerful diversity of life, which is heightened to the utmost by the creative force of cultures, is a fact that is simply historically given with all its consequences."
— Spengler, 'The Decline of the West'
— Spengler, 'The Decline of the West'
Kill the Liberal within you, Legionary.
On the ashes, build the City of Excellence.
On the ashes, build the City of Excellence.
Nothing more pathetic than someone motivated by comfort-seeking behavior.
Be motivated for the agon of life itself, constant self-overcoming ad infinitum. Always seek ever greater heights to conquer.
Be motivated for the agon of life itself, constant self-overcoming ad infinitum. Always seek ever greater heights to conquer.
“Hate is a love which has become its opposite, a love which has perished. At bottom love burns constantly, but the flame is that of hate; only when the love is burnt out is the flame of hate also quenched.”
— Kierkegaard
— Kierkegaard
Forwarded from The Warrior Philosophers
My first essay on Substack!
https://open.substack.com/pub/patricksaltykov/p/being-and-becoming?r=3htgu9&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/patricksaltykov/p/being-and-becoming?r=3htgu9&utm_medium=ios
Substack
Being and Becoming
Radical Aesthetics, Eros and the Will
“In the wars with the East, the rules of the game that had remained in force on the European battlefields were no longer valid. Their codification in the Hague Convention was a sign of decadence. The medieval knight had no need of them; he knew the limits of violence.”
— Jünger
— Jünger
“The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.”
— Kierkegaard
— Kierkegaard
/THE GOOD/
Nietzsche
What is good? — Whatever augments the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself, in man.
What is evil? — Whatever springs from weakness.
What is happiness? — The feeling that power increases — that resistance is overcome.
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but virtù.
The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. And one should help them to it. What is more harmful than any vice? — Practical sympathy for the botched and the weak..
Nietzsche
What is good? — Whatever augments the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself, in man.
What is evil? — Whatever springs from weakness.
What is happiness? — The feeling that power increases — that resistance is overcome.
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but virtù.
The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. And one should help them to it. What is more harmful than any vice? — Practical sympathy for the botched and the weak..