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“To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine statute. It is the surrender of self to an ennobling work, an absolute subordination of personal advantages and of personal pleasures for the sake of truth and the welfare of others, and a willing acceptance of every disability which their interests may entail.”

May Self Interest Pleasure Acceptance Divine Willing Advantage Crosses Absolutes Sake Deny Surrender Welfare Conformity Disability Statutes Penance Subordination

Author:George C. Lorimer

“He who wishes to maintain that the past of mankind no longer has any absolute value in lifemust also be ready to deny his ownlife until the present moment, indeed in advance until the last moment, as worthless. He who realizes that culture is the giving of form will also see that the highest forms that it is given to the human spirit to recognize have always been, psychologically considered, such evasions from the present. Considerations such as these do not at all square with the direction of America's mind.”

“We have imagined ourselves a special creation, set apart from other humans. In the last twentieth century, we see that our povertyis as absolute as that of the poorest nations. We have attempted to deny the human condition in our quest for power after power. It would be well for us to rejoin the human race, to accept our essential poverty as a gift, and to share our material wealth with those in need.”

“If you deny mystery-even in the guise of death-then you deny life, and you will walk like a ghost through your days, never knowing the secrets of the extremes. The deep sorrows, the absolute joys.”

Ifs Joy Walks Secret Knowing Mystery Sorrow Absolutes Extremes Deny Ghost Guise Deep Sorrow

Book:The Jaguar Hunter

Source: The Jaguar Hunter

“No one can do without some semblance of immortality, and even less will they deny themselves the right to seek it out in the form of this or that reputation, starting with the literary... Since death has come to be accepted by all as the absolute end, everyone writes.”

Writing Ends Form Can Do Absolutes Starting Deny Accepted Reputation Immortality Semblance

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty. If ever a man is to achieve anything like dignity, it can happen only if superior men are given absolute freedom to think what they want to think and say what they want to say. I am against any man and any organization which seeks to limit or deny that freedom... [and] the superior man can be sure of freedom only if it is given to all men.”

“Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.”

Inspirational Justice Freedom Liberty Absolutes Deny Absolute Freedom

Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt