Ludwig Klages

The profundity of truth varies with the seeing power of the spirit which seeks it.

— Ludwig Klages

Whereas the Americans thought that they were fighting for such high-minded slogans as "liberty" and "justice," they were actually fighting to stuff the money bags of the big bankers. These "free citizens" are, in fact, mere marionettes; their freedom is imaginary, and a brief glance at American work-methods and leisure-time entertainments is enough to prove conclusively that l’homme machine is not merely imminent: it is already the American reality.

— Ludwig Klages

Christianity is the war against sleep and dream.

— Ludwig Klages

Many first possess wealth, and are then possessed by it.

— Ludwig Klages

A man who cannot climb a tree will boast of never having fallen out of one.

— Ludwig Klages

Beauty is but the cloak of happiness. Where joy tarries, there also is beauty.

— Ludwig Klages

Everything purposeful is meaningless, and everything meaningful is purposeless.

— Ludwig Klages