“Humanity demands from their leaders the courage to sin. To take account of reality means to take account of the devil. And to take account of the devil without degenerating and slipping into him is a difficult skill; it is the true problem of an ethic of balance, of the true center, not the ethic of simply negating what resists the demands of honesty, conviction, and love.” PoliticsLeadershipSinCourageMoralityEthicsDevilFallibility Book:Grenzen der Gemeinschaft Source: Grenzen der Gemeinschaft
“We do not sufficiently respect that anti-mephistoclean force which, like the mephistoclean one, threatens the balance of life: a force that constantly wishes what is good and constantly produces what is evil.” EvilSinMoralityDevilTemptationFaustMephistopheles Book:Grenzen der Gemeinschaft Source: Grenzen der Gemeinschaft
“The devil, cheated of his legitimate portion of human life, avenges itself by taking over all of life.” EvilMoralityDevilIdealismPerfectionismPuritanism Book:Grenzen der Gemeinschaft Source: Grenzen der Gemeinschaft