“All testify to the coercion and sacrifice which culture imposes on man. To rely on them and deny the decline is to become even more firmly caught in its fatal coils.” MenCultureSacrificeCaughtDenyRelyDeclineCoercion Book:Prisms Source: Prisms
“Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, the only fact we have. It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death - ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.” HumansWholeFactsSeemsOrderPassionNationsRaceOur LivesTroubleSacrificeBloodOughtCrossesRootsArmyDenyFlagsRejoiceTabooConfrontingMosquesTotemsConundrumsSteeplesBlood Sacrifice Author:James A. Baldwin
“Can you sacrifice a few? When those few are the best? Deny the best its right to the top--and you have no best left. What are your masses but millions of dull, shriveled, stagnant souls that have no thoughts of their own, no dreams of their own, no will of their own, who eat and sleep and chew helplessly the words others put into their brains? And for those you would sacrifice the few who know life, who are life? I loathe [Andrei] your ideals because I know no worse injustice than the giving of the undeserved. Because men are not equal in ability and one can't trust them as if they were.” IfsKnowsMenGivingSoulDreamLeftSleepAbilityBrainMillionsSacrificeEqualMassIdealsInjusticeDenyDullLoatheStagnant Author:Ayn Rand
“It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior.” GivingHumansWellsSelfFightingEvilQualityCompassionSacrificeBehaviorCapableGive MeDeedsDenyNobleGenerousTortureHeroicGangSelf SacrificeLove And CompassionHope For The FutureHuman Love Author:Jane Goodall
“Dear Heavenly Father, I have a friend who stands as close as a brother, a brave soul. I have seen in him the heart of a warrior... He is gallant, loyal, and true, sacrificing his esteem, forfeiting his comfort, even spilling his blood. But, what color is his soul? My friend has a desperate need, and I have seen it. How can I be his accuser, condemning the one who has gladly poured out his blood in my stead? But shall I deny my witness? There is a darkness, a gnawing void behind those eyes of steel... Will you make him a knight, dressed in holy raiment, fit to take a seat at your table?” NeedsHeartSoulEyeFatherBehindsDarknessSacrificeBloodColorBrotherFitHolyComfortMy FriendsTablesBraveDearDenyEsteemWarriorWitnessDesperateSeatsHeavenlyVoidLoyalSteelKnightsHeavenly FatherCondemningGallantSpillingAccusersBrave Souls Author:Bryan Davis