"Now that the angel of history has abandoned the Germans, the demons will seek a new victim.

And that won’t be difficult.

Every man who loses his shadow, every nation that falls into self-righteousness, is their prey." (c.g.j) 1947)

"If you want to regulate your life or judge history, you should at least know how God spends his day s. He has set aside a place, four cubits by four, and there he studies Talmud for the first three hours. From the fourth to the seventh hour, God sits and judges the world, but since he sees the world is guilty, he rises from the seat of Judgement and goes to sit on the throne of Mercy. During the third part of the day he sits there and feeds all the creatures of the world from the rhinoceros to the flea. During the fourth part of the day God plays with the Leviathan."