It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgment by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.[Nur unser Zeitbegriff läßt uns das Jüngste Gericht so nennen, eigentlich ist es ein Standrecht.]

Source:Dearest Father: Stories and Other Writings (Schocken Books, ed. 1954), Chapter 2. Reflections on Sin, Suffering, Hope, and the True Way, Aphorisms 40, Page 38
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