We have learned that history is something that takes no notice whatever of our expectations. Oswald Spengler More Quotes by Oswald Spengler More Quotes From Oswald Spengler It is the Late city that first defies the land, contradicts Nature in the lines of its silhouette, denies all Nature. It wants to be something different from and higher than Nature. These high-pitched gables, these Baroque cupolas, spires, and pinnacles, neither are, nor desire to be, related with anything in Nature. And then begins the gigantic megalopolis, the city-as-world, which suffers nothing beside itself and sets about annihilating the country picture. Oswald Spengler landcitiescountry Every Socialist outbreak only blazes new paths for Capitalism. Oswald Spengler outbreakssocialistpath Every action alters the soul of the doer. Oswald Spengler doerssoulspiritual When three liberals get together they form a new party; that is their idea of individualism. They never join a bowling club without introducing as part of the 'agenda' an 'amendment of the statutes. Oswald Spengler partytogetherideas History is direction—but Nature is extension—ergo, everyone gets eaten by a bear. Oswald Spengler extensionsbears Tension without cosmic pulsation to animate it is the transition to nothingness Oswald Spengler cosmictensiontransition When the Englishman speaks of national wealth he means the number of millionaires in the country. Oswald Spengler numbersmeancountry All world-improvers are Socialists. And consequently there are no Classical world-improvers. Oswald Spengler world History is that form which his imagination seeks comprehension of the living existence of the world in relation to his own life, which he thereby invests with a deeper reality. Oswald Spengler imaginationhistoryreality And the National Socialists believe that they can afford to ignore the world or oppose it, and build their castles-in-the-air without creating a possibly silent, but very palpable reaction from abroad. Oswald Spengler creatingairbelieve One cannot learn how to be creative by reading Marx. Either one is creative or one is not. Oswald Spengler be-creativecreativereading The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. Oswald Spengler liesvictoryorganizationsecret I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology. Oswald Spengler craftwhopsychologypractice
