“There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.” SelfPassionRealizingBehindsSacrificeExerciseElementsGlorySeekingExtremesSelfishSelflessAddictSelf SacrificeRenunciationMisersAbnegationChasers Book:The Passionate State of Mind Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“The only ‘realistic’ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the exception, with no taboos, no a priori norms (‘human rights,’ ‘democracy’), respect for which would prevent us from ‘resignifying’ terror, the ruthless exercise of power, the spirit of sacrifice … if this radical choice is decried by some bleeding-heart liberals as Linksfaschismus, so be it!” IfsHumansHeartPoliticalSpiritChoicesDemocracyRightsImpossibleSacrificeExerciseAssumingHuman RightsTerrorRadicalExceptionRealisticNormRuthlessTabooBleedingUniversalityBleeding Heart Author:Slavoj Žižek
“The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the world never knows of, and would scarcely believe even if it did know.” IfsKnowsWorldBelieveRunningClassKindnessRiskSacrificeBearsExerciseDegreesEndurance Book:Duty Source: Duty
“I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.” PeopleMadeEndsToo MuchSacrificeExerciseCharmFascinatingInsincerity Book:the Gentleman in the Parlour Source: the Gentleman in the Parlour
“The ultimate replacement for any of the false gods that are a part of our lives is a deep and abiding love of God. We must also learn to exercise faith in Jesus Christ and the redemptive and enabling power of His atoning sacrifice. Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote that the atonement of Jesus Christ "is the most important single thing that has ever occurred in the entire history of created things; it is the rock foundation upon which the gospel and all other things rest."” ImportantLife IsJesusChristOur LivesSacrificeRocksExerciseJesus ChristUltimateFoundationGod LoveEldersAbidingAtonementEnablingReplacementsFalse GodsFaith In JesusAbiding Love Author:Daniel K Judd
“There needs to be a homemaker exercising some measure of skill, imagination, creativity, desire to fulfill needs and give pleasure to others in the family. How precious a thing is the human family. It it not worth some sacrifice in time, energy, safety, discomfort, work? Does anything come forth without work?” NeedsGivingHumansDoeDesireEnergyImaginationPleasureCreativitySacrificeExerciseSkillsSafetyDiscomfortHuman FamilyImagination CreativityHomemaker Author:Edith Schaeffer