Behind the concrete, the visible events, behind all the objective, logical considerations, we find the struggle against evil, against the servants of the antichrist. Everywhere and always demonic powers lurk in the dark, waiting for the moment when man is weak. When he yields to the forces of evil, he separates himself from the power of a higher order; after taking the first step, he is driven on and on to the next and to the next, at a furiously accelerating rate.
Die Weiße Rose, 1942
"Whoever wishes to come with me, let them put aside their own selfish interests, and take up their cross, and follow me.
For whosoever wills to keep their life for themselves shall lose it; but whosoever puts aside their life for My sake, and that of the Gospel, shall save it.
What therefore is the profit in it, if you gain the whole world, but lose your self?"
Mark 8:34-36
