“We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I wonder whatever happened to obligations? One rarely hears the term anymore. Indeed, have you ever heard of a "human obligations movement?" The very ideal that holds a democracy together--the willingness to make personal sacrifice for the common good--is going quickly by the wayside.” HumansAgeTogetherTermCommonResponsibilityWonderDemocracyRightsHappenedHeardSacrificeMovementConceptsIdealsObligationWillingnessCommon GoodPersonal Sacrifice Author:John Rosemond
“It's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around to completely sacrifice any sort of love in your life, to never experience that on a personal level.” HardLevelsSacrificeConceptsWraps Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not accepted until this century. Yet today, fueled by the federal government's misdirected war on drugs, radical environmentalism, and the aggressive behavior of the nanny state, we have witnessed the massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators prowling the States where they have no legal authority. The sacrifice of individual responsibility and the concept of local government by the majority of American citizens has permitted the army of bureaucrats to thrive.” WarStatesGovernmentTodayIndividualForceResponsibilitySacrificeCenturyCitizensDrugAuthorityBehaviorConceptsConstitutionArmyPoliceMajorityAcceptedLocalsRadicalThriveMassiveMeant To BeAggressiveInvestigationFederal GovernmentFbiEnvironmentalismProhibitionBureaucratsWar On DrugsAmerican CitizensNanniesRegulatorsLocal GovernmentPolice ForceIndividual ResponsibilityProwling Author:Ron Paul
“I believe that a religious conversion is the only way to stimulate the peoples of the industrialized nations to be willing to make sacrifices for the sake of esho funi (the oneness of self and environment). ... I wish the entire world would accept as an item of religious faith the concept of esho funi and its moral obligations.” WorldWayBelieveSelfI BelieveNationsWishReligiousAcceptingMoralEnvironmentSacrificeWillingConceptsSakeConversionObligationOnenessItemsReligious FaithMoral Obligation Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“Even time is a concept. In reality we are always in the eternal present. The past is just a memory, the future just an image or thought. All our stories about past and future are only ideas, arising in the moment. Our modern culture is so tyrannized by goals, plans, and improvement schemes that we constantly live for the future. But as Aldous Huxley reminded us in his writings, "An idolatrous religion is one in which time is substituted for eternity...the idea of endless progress is the devil's work, even today demanding human sacrifice on an enormous scale.” WritingHumansIdeasMomentsStoriesRealityTodayPastCultureGoalMemoriesProgressPlansSacrificeModernEternalDevilConceptsEternityImprovementScalesEndlessEnormousSchemesHuxleyModern CultureLive Futures Author:Jack Kornfield
“Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every time. If it pains them to make a choice - if the choice looks like a 'sacrifice' - you can be sure that it is no nobler than the discomfort caused by greediness... the necessity of deciding between two things you want when you can't have both.” PeopleIfsWorldWantLooksTwoPainChoicesSacrificeWorstConceptsTwo ThingsNonsenseAltruismTwistsDiscomfortGreediness Book:Stranger in a Strange Land Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“Science is better paid than at any time in the past. The results of this pay have been to attract into science many of those for whom the pay is the first consideration, and who scorn to sacrifice immediate profit for the freedom of development of their own concept. Moreover, this inner development, important and indispensable as it may be to the world of science in the future, generally does not have the tendency to put a single cent into the pockets of their employers.” WorldFirstsMayDoeHas BeensImportantPastResultsPaySacrificeDevelopmentConceptsPaidProfitTendenciesConsiderationPocketsCentsIndispensableScornEmployers Author:Norbert Wiener
“Eat bitter, taste sweet," Frank said. "I hate that proverb." "But it's true. What do they call it these days---no pain, no gain? Same concept. You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns out sour in the end. But if you take the hard path---ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.” IfsMeanSaidEndsHardPainHateTurnsEasyPathSacrificeSweetDutyTasteConceptsGainsI HateRewardsBitterPeacefulThese DaysFrankReapSourNo PainEasy ThingsNo Pain No GainBitter Taste Book:The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus Book 2) Source: The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus Book 2)
“In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as "heat" or "essential energy." The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.” SelfAbleActionEnergyEffortPrinciplesSacrificeEssentialsApproachConceptsTraditionEndureIntenseHardestClarityDefinedHeatHardshipDistractionNegativitySelf SacrificeSanskritTapasHardships Of Life Author:Russell Simmons
“The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.” WorldIdeasReligionSinViewsSacrificeAtheismConceptsCrossesPrimitiveBarbarians Author:John Shelby Spong