Age Quote by Dean Koontz

“Ruthlessly, in despite of itself, the Enlightenment has extinguished any trace of its own self-consciousness. The only kind of thinking that is sufficiently hard…

— Theodor W. Adorno

Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on which we…

— Charles Caleb Colton

In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.

— Starhawk

I admire people who re-create themselves. And it seems to me that what gives us all the opportunity to be heroic in our own…

— Robert Crais

“This is not to say that the point of the hard way is that we must be heroic. The attitude of "heroism" is based…

— Chögyam Trungpa

“When we stop thinking primarily about ourselves, of our wants, our image and our own self-preservation, we undergo a transformation of truly heroic proportions.”

— José N. Harris

“Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those loses can a new resolution be…

— Emily Thorne

“Self Sacrifice Kills the person who sacrifices”

— Louise L. Hay

“People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being…

— Michael Pollan

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

— Ansel Adams

“The character of those who continually persevere and sacrifice are eventually completely reborn and when they rise from the darkness they've endured no stone…

— Jason Versey

The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories;…

— Colson Whitehead