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"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."
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"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."
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"People love super heroes. It's true we're impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero and not the nemesis? Because of virtue. A super hero gives everything to defend what's good and right without seeking praise or reward. Think about it. All the great heroes give without taking, help without grumbling, sacrifice without asking recompense. A super hero's real strength, what we absolutely fall in love with, is his finer virtue."
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"In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business-and I wanted to try to reflect that."
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"The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words."
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"You have worked too long in the life, now its time for heroism."
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"Heroes are the most wanted and most needed people in the world."
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"I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?"Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War."
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"Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else."
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"In the men I love heroes, in the work I love heroism."
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"A hero: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition, and resolves to do something about it."
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"Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought."
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"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."
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"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."
Heroism

"Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help."
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"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think."
Creativity

"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
Nothing

"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."
World

"Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it."
Life

"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value."
Appearance

"Education is the art of making man ethical."
Art
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