The Will

by Ernst Jünger

Ernst Jünger argues that the experience of war teaches the initiated that will is fate.

This article was originally published in the journal Standarte on 6 May 1926.

Every experience should be a commitment for us! When we begin to utilize our experiences after clarifying them, to make them useful for serving future goals, we move from a landscape of examination and contemplation into the harsher landscape of will. The values that have been quietly examined, weighed, and acknowledged internally are set into motion externally to realize themselves in struggle. Actions should grow from feelings, weapons from convictions, and a proclamation from faith.