Nathan Duffy’s Reviews > Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age > Status Update

"Before the [20th] century, the well-meaning could still delude themselves that 'Liberalism' and 'humanism', 'science' and 'progress', the Revolution itself and the whole path of modern thought were something positive and even, in some vague sense, had 'God' on their side. It is quite clear now that the Revolution and God can have nothing to do with each other."

"The army of the enemies of God is recruited as much from the many who passively accept the [modern nihilistic] position in the rear guard as from the few active enthusiasts who occupy the front ranks."

"No one lives but by the light of some revelation, be it a true or a false one, whether it serve to enlighten or obscure. He who will not live by the Christian Revelation must live by a false revelation, and all false revelations lead to the Abyss." - Fr. Seraphim Rose