If You Wish To Strive

Out Of My Own Great Woe I Make My Little Songs.

We Should Forgive Our Enemies, But Not Before They Are Hanged

Thinking Of Germany In The Night Robs Me Of My Sleep.

You Talk Of Our Having An Idea; We Do Not Have An Idea. The Idea Has Us, And Martyrs Us, And Scourges Us, And Drives Us Into The Arena To Fight And Die For It, Whether We Want To Or Not.

In Earlier Religions The Spirit Of The Time Was Expressed Through The Individual And Confirmed By Miracles. In Modern Religions The Spirit Is Expressed Through The Many And Confirmed By Reason.