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The Beautiful Losers of History
2021-04-18
If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited. Continue reading →
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The Spirit of Roman Civilization (IV)
2012-04-18
Roman upheavals, Asiatic cults and the end of the first Romanity. Since we nailed down the truly valuable and, for many, the illuminative, aspect of De Francisci’s new work in these terms,…
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Nonduality
2011-04-18
In all of us there dwells a secret marvelous power of freeing ourselves from the changes of time, of withdrawing to our secret selves away from external things, and of so discovering…
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The Good Shepherd
2010-04-18
The Gospel for the Second Sunday after Easter is John 10:11-15, the parable of the Good Shepherd. In this passage, Jesus compares himself to the Good Shepherd who watches over his sheep…
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Evola’s Advice to the Pope
2008-04-18
On the occasion of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the USA, it may be appropriate to quote Evola on the situation of the Church just after Vatican II and on…
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Palamidessi reads Evola

Posted on 2012-04-28 by Logres

There is an Italian commentary on, and reprinted text of, a letter from Evola to Tomasso Palamidessi here. Although this is not a translation, this is a rough survey of the contents of the letter, with a transliteration attempted at certain points, to convey or emphasize the meaning. The commentator … Continue reading →

Lucinde II

Posted on 2006-10-17 by Cologero

I would have thought it a fairy tale that there could be such happiness and such love as I feel now — and such a woman, at once the most delicate lover, the most wonderful companion, and the most perfect friend. Continue reading →

Lucinde I

Posted on 2006-10-12 by Cologero

I begged you that for once you might give yourself completely over to frenzy, and I implored you to be insatiable. Still, I listened with cool composure for every faint sign of bliss, so that not a single trace might escape me and leave a gap in our harmony. I didn’t simply enjoy, but felt and enjoyed the enjoyment itself. Continue reading →

Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest ~ J. Evola
Par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la penseé, je le comprends.~ Pascal
A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace. ~ Confucius
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine
A man of talent is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot hit, but the man of genius is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot see. ~ Schopenhauer
To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often. ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth. ~ H. L. Mencken
On se lasse de penser, et même d'agir; jamais on ne se lasse d'aimer. ~ Auguste Comte
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson
The divine sleeps in the rock, breathes in the plant, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man. ~ old Nordic adage
The strong man strikes only when it is absolutely necessary, and then nothing stops him. ~ Vilfredo Pareto
Pour l’homme de droite, être libre ne consiste pas à faire ce que l’on veut, mais à faire ce qui est conforme à l’ordre naturel voulu par Dieu.
Very few battles are lost physically. Battles are lost almost always morally; the real victor like the real loser is the one who believes he is. ~ Joseph de Maistre