Jannik

“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen. The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Ich gebe dir alles. Ich lege dir alles hin, was ich bin und habe. Ich lasse mich von dir erkennen und durchschauen. Wenn du mich dann verlässt, weil ein anderer für dich besser riecht, besser fickt, besser ist - dann soll es so sein. Dann war ich nicht der richtige. Aber immerhin war ich der echte.”
― Friedemann Karig, Wie wir lieben: Vom Ende der Monogamie

“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Was mich in meiner wackeligen Identität bedroht, muss schlecht sein, sonst wäre ich ja fragwürdig. Eine friedliche Koexistenz akzeptiere ich nicht, dazu fehlt mir die Selbstsicherheit. Also greife ich an.”
― Friedemann Karig, Wie wir lieben: Vom Ende der Monogamie