Quotes by Sacrifice There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God. Aldous Huxley sacrifice self god Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful -- if strenuously led -- as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress. Aldous Huxley sacrifice christian mistake For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort. Aldous Huxley sacrifice vices travel The place is good. How good, one must have circumnavigated the globe to discover. Why not stay? Take root? But roots are chains. I have a terror of losing my freedom. Free, without ties, unpossessed by any possessions, free to do as one will, to go at a moment's notice wherever the fancy may suggest--it is good. But so is this place. Might it not be better? To gain freedom one sacrifices something [...] and all that these things and people signify. One sacrifices something--for a greater gain in knowledge, in understanding, in intensified living? I sometimes wonder. Aldous Huxley sacrifice ties roots Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. Aldous Huxley sacrifice reflection men The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist. Aldous Huxley reform effort sacrifice Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more efficacious. And for nearly all purposes, human sacrifice is the best. Aleister Crowley sacrifice purpose blood Here again, there is no tabulation; for us it is left to sacrifice literary charm, and even some accuracy, in order to bring out the one great point. Aleister Crowley sacrifice design order In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World. Alejo Carpentier sacrifice greatness beautiful We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn sacrifice responsibility wisdom Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dozen sacrifice men The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn sacrifice wisdom evil If we don't know our own history, then we simply will have to endure all of the same mistakes, all of the same sacrifices, all of the same absurdities over again - times ten. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn endure sacrifice mistake ... a man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn sacrifice men long Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for. Alex Flinn sacrifice faces needs In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children. Alex Gibney sacrifice catholic children As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities. Alexander Alekhine sacrifice praise chess [H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. Alexander Hamilton sacrifice freedom country When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government would be impracticable. There must be a perpetual accomodation and sacrifice of local advantage to general expediency. Alexander Hamilton federalism sacrifice government There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political economy, so much as the business of taxation. The man who understands those principles best will be least likely to resort to oppressive expedients, or sacrifice any particular class of citizens to the procurement of revenue. It might be demonstrated that the most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome. Alexander Hamilton thorough-knowledge sacrifice men «1234567891011»