Hero Possessing

Famous quotes containing the words hero and/or possessing:

“The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him.
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)