Demand Quote by Stefan Zweig

The deeper we look, the more we shall be convinced that the one thing wanting, which we must strive to acquire before all others,…

— Sri Aurobindo

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

— Henry Miller

Our greatest strength comes not from what we possess, but from what we believe; not from what we have, but from who we are.

— Michael Dukakis

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Spiritual superiority [consists in] deep dedication ... in the form of the most rigorous training, as commitment, resistance, solitude, and love.

— Martin Heidegger

True strength lies in our knowing, individually, what we are, who we are, and what we want.

— Paget Brewster

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those…

— Samuel Johnson

The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty.

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression and obedience.

— William O. Douglas

As we meditate on Christ's life, we find strength for our own.

— Max Lucado

To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority…

— Fredrick Hatfield

The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money,…

— Simone Weil