A Man May Welcome His Beloved With

As Youth Lives In The Future, So The Adult Lives In The Past: No One Rightly Knows How To Live In The Present.

Never Expect Any Recognition Here--the System Prohibits It. The Cross Is Not Affixed To The Genius, No, The Genius Is Affixed To The Cross.

The Way In Which Modern German Poetry Follows Theories Reminds Me Of Pupils Who, Scolded By Their Teacher For Their Insubordination, Justify Themselves By Saying That They Invented New Rules Of Propriety According To Which They Are Quite Well- Behaved.

Strength, Strength Alone, Is Honorable, The German Nation Clamors In Its Majesty. But Since It Is Hard To Muster Strength So Suddenly, They Have To Make Do With Boorishness.

What Raises Great Poetry Above All Else--it Is The Entire Person And Also The Entire World.