“The only honorable, desirable kind of fear that shouldn't be feared is the fear of harm on a loved one. It's the kind of fear that leads to self-sacrifice and the kind of fear where you would truly jump in front of a bus to save another.” KindSelfSacrificeFrontsHarmBusLoved OnesHonorableDesirableSelf Sacrifice Book:Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality Source: Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
“Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice.” WayCountryHomeSacrificeHarmOur FamilyGreat Sacrifice Author:Fred Wilson
“So avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won't do in your essays. What you do today is important, because you are sacrificing a day of your life for it. Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” MenImportantReasonUseTodayLanguageCan DoBoysSacrificeTiredHarmLazyEndeavorLazinessExhaustedEssaysVesselAcidVery SadMorose Author:Mark Twain
“Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some delusions and rationalisations about what harms are good for people themselves (prison punishment, hysterectomies for unhappy 1950s wives); and readjusted our for-the-good of others criteria so as to demand only reasonable sacrifices (ceasing to use children as handy chimney sweeps).” PeopleChildrenMadeUsePastAnimalSawsWifeProgressSacrificeMoralityDemandPrisonHarmPunishmentUnhappyReasonableDelusionCategoriesCriteriaHandyInfidelChimneysHysterectomyChimney Sweeps Author:Catherine Wilson
“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.” MenLoveDoeSacrificeMoralityEthicsAccountsForgivingHarmNever Forgive Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don't give much thought to yesterday, don't worry about tomorrow, live in the moment, and trust that your existence has meaning even when the world seems to be all blind chance and chaos. When life lands a hammer blow in your face, do your best to respond to the hammer as if it had been a cream pie.” IfsWorldGivingLittlesMomentsSeemsFacesAsksFunChanceExistenceWorrySacrificeLandTomorrowResponsibleBlindChaosBlowHarmYesterdayYour FaceCreamPieLive In The MomentHammersTrue FriendBeing ResponsibleTrue Friend Is Book:Seize The Night Source: Seize The Night
“The two men who have done the greatest harm to the world are Christ and Columbus. Christ taught us guilt and sacrifice, to live only in the other world, and Columbus discovered America and materialism.” MenWorldTwoDoneAmericaChristSacrificeTaughtGuiltHarmMaterialismOther WorldsTaught UsColumbus Author:Anais Nin
“Witch' is just a religion, okay? No baby-sacrificing, no Black Masses, no sending imps out to scare the dog-snot out of kids, trying to make them think they're crazy. We don't do things like that. Our number-one law is 'Have fun in this lifetime, but don't hurt anybody.' Nice little paraphrase of "An it harm none, do as ye will" if I do say so myself.” IfsThinkingTryingLittlesKidsLawFunBlackHurtNumbersNiceSacrificeCrazyDogBabyMassOkayLifetimeHarmHaving FunWitchScareParaphrase Author:Mercedes Lackey
“I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many people do simply awful things out of sincere religious belief, not using religion as a cover the way that Saddam Hussein may have done, but really because they believe that this is what God wants them to do, going all the way back to Abraham being willing to sacrifice Isaac because God told him to do that. Putting God ahead of humanity is a terrible thing.” PeopleThinkingWayWantBelieveMayDoneReligionHumanityNamesBeliefReligiousSacrificeAtheismWillingTerribleHarmEnormousAwfulSincereSaddamHusseinTerrible ThingsAbrahamReligious BeliefIsaac Author:Steven Weinberg