Sean > Sean's Quotes

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help a man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.”
― William Faulkner, William Faulkner Reads

“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.”
― G K Chesterton

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor”
― Alexis Carrel

“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”
― Tacitus

“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.”
― Jack London

“The blood of the heroes is closer to God than the ink of the philosophers and the prayers of the faithful.”
― Julius Evola, Revolt Against the Modern World

“The legionary spirit is that fire of one who will choose the hardest road, who will fight to the death even when all is already lost.”
― Julius Evola

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci

“When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.”
― Dmitri Shostakovich

“Pompey snapped, “Cease quoting laws to us that have swords.”
― Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

“War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.”
― Heraclitus, Fragments