Optimism is cowardice. Auteur: Oswald Spengler Copy Quote More from Oswald Spengler “Christian theology is the grandmother of Bolshevism.” “Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among …” “[A]n der Wirklichkeit der Geschichte, scheitert jede Ideologie.” “There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated i…”