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Letter "H" » heroic
«Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they do not. It pays a whole lot better than this type of compulsion, but it is no more heroic.»
«The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.»
Author: Pericles
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General,
Politician,
Statesman)
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About:
Death and dying,
Heroism,
Men
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Keywords:
abides,
clay,
heroic,
symbol,
Tomb of,
visible,
woven
«This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.»
«When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.»
Author: Joseph Campbell
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Author,
Editor,
Philosopher,
Teacher)
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Keywords:
consciousness,
heroic,
preservation,
primarily,
self preservation,
transformation,
transformations,
undergo
«We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.»
«What makes one heroic? -- Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
And One,
at the same time,
heroic,
highest,
High Hopes,
High Ones,
high time,
out to,
suffering
«We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. (January 20, 1981)»