Life , Thoughts and My Sacrifices

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. When may it suffice?

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind.

I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him. Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart. When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation -- the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.

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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God. Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things. There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice. The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. It's not something to regret.

It's something to aspire to. Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable. I decided to follow the latter course. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back. Beagle, The Last Unicorn. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello.

In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, proudly say I only used fifty-nine today. I saved the rest for you. After that, we just sit on the line and listen to each other breathe.

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Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms. If you can relate on any level, consider these reasons to find a balance between doing for others and yourself: Too much sacrifice can harm relationships. Sacrificing is not always helpful. To truly give yourself, you need to take care of yourself. I recommend the following steps to find a balance with all of the above: Establish your reason for imbalance.

Find an alternative plan. Take a piece of the pie. Think of taking as another form of giving. Take a drama-free look at your relationships. Make attempts to repair unbalanced relationships.

Make a habit of expressing your needs. Check in without an even-Steven philosophy. See a typo, an inaccuracy, or something offensive?

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