Martin Mosebach > Quotes

“They didn’t seem to struggle over the decision: what they held already, in the form of faith, was infinitely more precious to them than anything they could have acquired if they gave it up. Life itself, without faith, would have been worthless to them. It would be mere existence – an existence more lowly than that of the animals, for animals are perfect in and of themselves, but humans are imperfect; their aim for perfection requires divine assistance.”
― Martin Mosebach, The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs

“We have become accustomed to assuming that it is primarily political and economic motives that lie behind every religious conflict, because we don’t want to consider the fact that a person’s faith might actually be the ultimate, highest reality.”
― Martin Mosebach, The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs

“Ein starker Herrschaftswillen ruft bei den Beherrschten freilich auch die Neugier hervor, dessen Grenzen auszuerproben. Wer herrschen will, muß anwesend sein.”
― Martin Mosebach, Das Blutbuchenfest

“were ready to die for their love of Jesus: martyrs. There were many, especially in Egypt. Even before the Gospels were written, and long before the first councils sought to establish a theological definition of faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, martyrs were already bearing witness to his status; later on, the theologians merely ratified the martyrs’ faith. Scientific and philosophical truth is proved by exhaustive, conclusive reasoning. Christians’ truth, on the other hand, is proved by their readiness to die for it.”
― Martin Mosebach, The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs

“Solange wir von faschistoiden Charakteren umgeben sind, müssen wir befehlen - befehlen, um das Befehlen abzuschaffen.”
― Martin Mosebach, Das Beben

“We have become accustomed to assuming that it is primarily political and economic motives that lie behind every religious conflict, because we don’t want to consider the fact that”
― Martin Mosebach, The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs