History is a record of destruction. One must always make room for the next ephemeral crystal. For history, to build and to destroy are one and the same thing.
Yukio Mishima, 'Spring Snow'
Yukio Mishima, 'Spring Snow'
We do not dislike everything that shines, but we do prefer a pensive luster to a shallow brilliance, a murky light that, whether in a stone or an artifact, bespeaks a sheen of antiquity.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 'In Praise of Shadows'
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 'In Praise of Shadows'
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. We have to live through the struggles. And that's applicable in everything in life. You have to struggle. You have to hurt. It has to suck in order for there to be progress."
— Wesley Hunt
— Wesley Hunt
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.”
— Rilke
— Rilke
"Indifference to external events. And a commitment to excellence in your own acts."
— Marcus Aurelius
— Marcus Aurelius
“The courage to stand alone is the first condition of a life worth living.”
— Jünger
— Jünger
“Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.”
— Epictetus
— Epictetus
"The way to victory is to keep moving forward, no matter the obstacles."
— Admiral Ernest J. King
— Admiral Ernest J. King
"Every state must create a utopia as soon as it has lost contact with myth."
— Jünger, 'Heliopolis'
— Jünger, 'Heliopolis'
"There exists an immense bourgeoisie that swallows everything, devouring aristocrats, peasants, and workers alike: the bourgeoisie, instrument of democracy, that vast putrid swamp beyond which nothing remains to be found."
— La Rochelle
— La Rochelle
Right Winger: Ok, I'm logged into my anonymous alt account that I set up with a burner phone that I bought with cash- time to post "Ilhan Omar is stupid"
Left Winger: Ok, I'm logged into my public linkedin profile, time to celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination
And yet they call themselves "persecuted"
Left Winger: Ok, I'm logged into my public linkedin profile, time to celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination
And yet they call themselves "persecuted"
"The great majority of men have no right to existence, but are a misfortune to higher men."
— Nietzsche
— Nietzsche
Forwarded from Patrick Saltykov
Substack
Being and Becoming
Radical Aesthetics, Eros and the Will
“Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.”
— Thucydides, Pericles's Funeral Oration
— Thucydides, Pericles's Funeral Oration