“There is no man so good
that he has no flaw,
nor a man so bad he’s good for nothing.
-- Hávámál, stanza 133.”
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that he has no flaw,
nor a man so bad he’s good for nothing.
-- Hávámál, stanza 133.”
―
“When a real battle starts, you’ll always find that there is no bravest man.”
― The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
― The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
“At the origin of every true civilization there lies a "divine" event (every great civilization has its own myth concerning divine founders): thus, no human or naturalistic factor can fully account for it. The adulteration and decline of civilizations is caused by an event of the same order, though it acts in the opposite, degenerative sense.”
― Revolt Against the Modern World
― Revolt Against the Modern World
“Kingship was the supreme form of government, and was believed to be in the natural order of things. It did not need physical strength to assert itself, and when it did, it was only sporadically. It imposed itself mainly and irresistibly through the spirit.”
― Revolt Against the Modern World
― Revolt Against the Modern World
“Harm seldom befalls the watchful man,
for you can never have
a more faithful friend
than a good supply of wisdom.”
― The Wanderer's Havamal
for you can never have
a more faithful friend
than a good supply of wisdom.”
― The Wanderer's Havamal
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