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Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Courage
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Courage
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Character
- Motivation & Goals
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Courage
- Fear
It ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
O. Henry1862–1910Whirligigs (1910)
- Character
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Frank Herbert1920–1986Dune (1965), the Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear
- Courage
- Fear
Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
Herodotus484–425 BCThe Histories, Book 7, Ch. 50 (trans. George Rawlinson)
- Courage
- Fear
We cannot evade life’s course, but we can school ourselves to be superior to fortune and also to look unflinchingly upon the most painful things.
Hermann Hesse1877–1962Gertrude (1910), p. 236
- Courage
- Life & Death
I am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray who finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.
Hermann Hesse1877–1962Steppenwolf (1927), Harry Haller’s RecordsIn context
- Character
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
- Freedom
- Slavery
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
- Charity
The superfluities of the rich are the necessaries of the poor. They who possess superfluities, possess the goods of others.
Augustine of Hippo354–430Patrologia Latina, vol. 37, p. 1922
- Charity
- Money
So give to the poor; I’m begging you, I’m warning you, I’m commanding you, I’m ordering you.
Augustine of Hippo354–430Sermons, 61:13
- Charity