
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King
On Martin Luther King, Jr.
America The Beautiful (2010)
Source: Epigrams, p. 364
Listen, Little Man! (1948)
Context: My intellect tells me: "Tell the truth at any cost." The Little Man in me says: "It is stupid to expose oneself to the little man, to put oneself at his mercy. The Little Man does not want to hear the truth about himself. He does not want the great responsibility which is his. He wants to remain a Little Man. He wants to remain a Little Man, or wants to become a little great man. He wants to become rich, or a party leader, or commander of a legion, or secretary of the society for the abolition of vice. But he does not want to assume responsibility for his work..."
Historie vom Jahre 1746, quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 82
Waldersee in his diary, 8 October 1890, commenting on the imperial field maneuvers of that year, when Waldersee defeated the formations commanded by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
of God
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 83
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet