Man must vanquish himself,
Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil. Emile M. Cioran
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Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil. Emile M. Cioran
But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith have committed the keeping of their souls to Him.He pleads their cause, and by the mighty arguments of Calvary vanquishes their accuser. Ellen G. White
God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we – we still have to vanquish his shadow, too. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the rest. Even idleness, as feeble and languishing as it is, sometimes reigns over them; it usurps the throne and sits paramount over all the designs and actions of our lives, and … Read more
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is written that the last enemy to be vanquished is death. We should begin early in life to vanquish this enemy by obliterating every trace of the fear of death from our minds. Then can we turn to life and fill the whole horizon of our souls with it, turn with added zest to … Read more
If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like he was going to vanquish all of Europe, and where is he now? Desmond Tutu
Entertainment alleviates the fear of life, but art vanquishes the fear of death Dean Cavanagh
[This approach] displays the characteristic philosophical lust to vanquish the skeptic by arguing him out of his skepticism, without appeal to moral and political considerations or to the facts of everyday life. […] But more often than not, if you give the skeptic everything he wants, then he will be successful in repulsing your attacks … Read more