5 quotes
Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.
Between Man and Man (1965)
Now, he no longer promises others the fulfillment of his duties, but promises himself the fulfillment of man.
Between Man and Man (1965)
Dialogue and monologue are silenced. Bundled together, men march without Thou and without I, those of the left who want to abolish memory, and those of the right who want to regulate it: hostile and separated hosts, they march into the common abyss.
Between Man and Man (1965)
The great man, whether we comprehend him in the most intense activity of his work or in the restful equipoise of his forces, is powerful, involuntarily and composedly powerful, but he is not avid for power. What he is avid for is the realization of what he has in mind, the incarnation of the spirit.
Between Man and Man (1965)
When we rise out of [the night] into the new life and there begin to receive the signs, what can we know of that which — of him who gives them to us? Only what we experience from time to time from the signs themselves. If we name the speaker of this speech God, then it is always the God of a moment, a moment God.
Between Man and Man (1965)