„Do you ask me whom I have conquered? Neither the Persians, nor the far-off Medes, nor any warlike race that lies beyond the Dahae; not these, but greed, ambition, and the fear of death that has conquered the conquerors of the world.“
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXI: On the supreme good
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— Johann Georg Hamann German philosopher 1730 - 1788
Socratic Memorabilia, J. Flaherty, trans. (Baltimore: 1967), p. 147.
— Simone Weil French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist 1909 - 1943
Quelle: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), Detachment (1947), p. 260
— Steven Pressfield United States Marine 1943
Quelle: The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
„Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.“
— Martial, buch Epigrammata
X, 47. Alternatively translated as "Neither fear, nor wish for, your last day", in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest / Live well: how long or short permit to heaven", John Milton, Paradise Lost, book xi, line 553.
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)
„Socialism cannot conquer nor redeem the world if it ceases to believe upon itself alone.“
— Wilhelm Liebknecht German socialist politician 1826 - 1900
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
„I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.“
— Edith Cavell British nurse 1865 - 1915
Last statements (1915)
— John Conington British classical scholar 1825 - 1869
Book II, ode xiv
Translations, The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace (1863)
— Nikos Kazantzakis Greek writer 1883 - 1957
Orpheus' song, Book III, line 178
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
— Guru Tegh Bahadur The ninth Guru of Sikhism 1621 - 1675
Guru Tegh Bahadur, Sorath 633 (Translated by Gopal Singh), Tegh Bahadur (Translated by Gopal Singh) (2005). Mahalla nawan: compositions of Guru Tegh Bahādur-the ninth guru (from Sri Guru Granth Sahib): Bāṇī Gurū Tega Bahādara. Allied Publishers. pp. xxviii–xxxiii, 15–27. ISBN 978-81-7764-897-3.
— Thomas Guthrie British divine 1803 - 1873
Quelle: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 128.
„I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do…“
— Eleanor Roosevelt American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962
„And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds,
There ’s a lean fellow beats all conquerors.“
— Thomas Dekker, Old Fortunatus
Old Fortunatus (1599).
— Meher Baba Indian mystic 1894 - 1969
The God-Man : The Life, Journeys and Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of His Silence and Spiritual Teaching (1964) by Charles Benjamin Purdom, p. 187.
General sources
Kontext: This New Life is endless, and even after my physical death it will be kept alive by those who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust; and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to anyone, do no backbiting, do not seek material possessions or power, who accept no homage, neither covet honor nor shun disgrace, and fear no one and nothing; by those who rely wholly and solely on God, and who love God purely for the sake of loving; who believe in the lovers of God and in the reality of Manifestation, and yet do not expect any spiritual or material reward; who do not let go the hand of Truth, and who, without being upset by calamities, bravely and wholeheartedly face all hardships with one hundred percent cheerfulness, and give no importance to caste, creed and religious ceremonies. This New Life will live by itself eternally, even if there is no one to live it.
