noblethumos

“In a world without meaningful authority, all "acts" are coercive.”
― Philip Rieff, Charisma: The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us

“Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced.”
― Hugo von Hofmannsthal

“Not so the forest rebel. He has a tough decision to make: to reserve the right—at any cost—to judge for himself what he is called upon to support or contribute to. There will be considerable sacrifices, but they will be accompanied by an immediate gain in sovereignty. Naturally, as things stand, only a tiny minority will perceive the gain as such. Dominion, however, can only come from those who have preserved in themselves a knowledge of native human measures and who will not be forced by any superior power to forsake acting humanely.”
― Ernst Jünger, The Forest Passage

“The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’.”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language