It is an evil world. The fires of hatred and violence burn fiercely. Evil is powerful, the devil covers a darkened earth with hisblack wings. And soon the end of the world is expected. But mankind does not repent, the church struggles, and the preachers and poets warn and lament in vain.
Johan HuizingaThe title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.
Johan HuizingaCulture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture.
Johan HuizingaFrom whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.
Johan Huizinga