1. "It is urgently necessary that people realize the full perniciousness of non-resistance [to evil] and learn to be ardent in good. In the meantime, we see that only individual heroes and martyrs dared to be ardent in good. These selfless lives formed the evolution of humanity." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 4 Volumes - 13.08.1938]
2. "The Thinker suggested to the people, “If you have forgotten about self-sacrifice, let us then walk to the cemetery. Let the sarcophagi of your ancestors remind you of valor, of a time when life was given for your native land. The necropolis may at times be more alive than the Acropolis.” [Supermundane, 562]
3. "The new consciousness grows, unskilled, but full of daring. Despite its experience the old thinking loses strength. There is no power that could hold back the tide of the New World. We regret the useless waste of energy of the expiring consciousness. We welcome with a smile the daring of those who realize their right to expand new achievements. Each mistake, if committed for the cause of the New World, becomes a flower of valor. No matter how skillful the effort to embalm the old world, it remains a skeleton of horror." [Agni Yoga, 55]
4. "Daring should be found to reconstruct one’s life in accordance with new accumulations." [Fiery World I, 308]
5. "...Daring emanates from broad realization. Once such a step has been attained, it never forsakes a man." [Fiery World III, 466]
6. “Doubt is especially ruinous nowadays, for a warrior can only possess a single sword. Nobody can have two swords in a battle, nor does anyone throw two spears or shoot two arrows. A seeker can only attain with a single stroke, with the daring of single-minded striving. It is not easy, but success is found near the fire of the heart." [Heart, 257]
