“Only one who liberates himself from his psychological desires and fears indeed in truth qualify as liberation hero.” DesireHeroPsychologicalLiberation Author:Velupillai Prabhakaran
“In Dante the hero would rather flee and renounce the tempting embrace instead of yielding to his desires and enduring the attendant dangers.” DesireDangerHeroEmbraceEndureRenounceTempting Author:Peter Weiss
“Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes' sunset fire Of death plunged in their willed desire Raging with flags on the world's shore.” WorldDesireGrowsFireTreeFlowerHeroEasierRageWoundsSunsetShoreFlagsOlivesOlive Trees Book:Selected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: Selected Poems of Stephen Spender
“Whatever may be your desire to accomplish great deeds, the deep silence of pregnancy never comes to you! The event of the day sweeps you along like straws before the wind whilst ye lie under the illusion that ye are chasing the event,-poor fellows! If a man wishes to act the hero on the stage he must not think of forming part of the chorus; he should not even know how the chorus is made up.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenShouldMayMadeLyingDesireWishPoorSilenceKnow HowStageEventsWindHeroIllusionFellowsDeedsAccomplishPregnancyChasingChorusStraws Book:The Dawn of Day Source: The Dawn of Day
“You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired and hero-worshipped but there is always present underlying desire to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.” KnowsArtEyeDesireArtistHeroMassGloryDestroyedGangsters Author:Stanley Kubrick