10 quotes
At all times, in all places, and in every heart, human fear is the same: it is the fear of destruction, the fear of death.
The Forest Passage (1951)
The teaching of the forest is as ancient as human history, and even older.
The Forest Passage (1951)
The numbers of those wanting to abandon ship is growing, among them sharp minds and sound spirits.
The Forest Passage (1951)
The great solitude of the individual is a hallmark of our times.
The Forest Passage (1951)
The individual no longer stands in society like a tree in the forest; instead, he resembles a passenger on a fast-moving vessel, which could be called Titanic, or also Leviathan.
The Forest Passage (1951)
Myth is not prehistory; it is timeless reality, which repeats itself in history. We may consider our own century’s rediscovery of meaning in myth as a favorable sign.
The Forest Passage (1951)
Familiarizing those in danger with the idea that resistance is even possible is already enormously important—once that has been understood, even a tiny minority can bring down the mighty but clumsy colossus.
The Forest Passage (1951)
This objection is not directed at the poet, who, in his works and in his life, manifests the vast superiority of the world of the muses over the technical world. He helps people find the way back to themselves—the poet is a forest rebel.
The Forest Passage (1951)
Where the automatism increases to the point of approaching perfection—such as in America—the panic is even further intensified. There it finds its best feeding grounds; and it is propagated through networks that operate at the speed of light.
The Forest Passage (1951)
Anyone who has lived through the burning of a capital or the invasion of an eastern army will never lose a lively mistrust of all that one can possess in life. This is an advantage, for it makes him someone who, if necessary, can leave his house, his farm, his library, without too much regret. He will even discover that this is associated with an act of liberation.
The Forest Passage (1951)