“The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a movement to its faith, doctrine, propaganda, leadership, ruthlessness and so on, we are but referring to instruments of unification and to means used to inculcate a readiness for self-sacrifice. It is perhaps impossible to understand the nature of a mass movement unless it is recognized that their chief preoccupation is to foster, perfect and perpetuate a facility for united action and self-sacrifice.” MeanSelfActionUsedPerfectUnitedImpossibleSacrificeSocietyMovementMassInstrumentsDoctrineChiefsPropagandaFollowersStemFacilityReadinessSelf SacrificeVigorReferringPreoccupationPropensityUnificationRuthlessness Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“What he [Michael Jackson] did was he allowed us, through his voice and his instrument, to see a glimpse of the heaven that he himself was denied. That sacrifice was the ultimate source of redemption that he gave to us.” HeavenVoiceSacrificeSourceUltimateInstrumentsRedemptionDeniedGlimpse Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals some of these miracles of patriotism, of which woman is the instrument in the hands of God.” MenHeartSelfHandsNationsImaginationSacrificeSpringMiracleInstrumentsEnthusiasmHeroicHeroismSelf SacrificeHands Of God Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.” ArtFormDesireChurchReligiousViewsCreativeSacrificeBloodRevolutionCrossesInstrumentsConvictionBelieverAcceptedSymbolsDefinedTortureWorks Of ArtRitualPeculiarSermonsMonumentDenominationsInscriptionsBlood Sacrifice Author:George Bernard Shaw
“In most musical instruments the resonator is made of wood while the actual sound generator is of animal origin. In cultures where music is still used as a magical force, the making of an instrument always involves the sacrifice of a living being. That being's soul then becomes part of the instrument and in the tones that come forth, the 'singing dead,' who are ever present with us, make themselves heard.” MadeStillsSoulUsedCultureForceSoundAnimalHeardSacrificeMusic IsSingingInstrumentsMusicalWoodsToneMusical InstrumentsGenerator Author:Joscelyn Godwin
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.” FirstsArtSelfActionLastsNationsPrayerWalksLibertySacrificeLessonsUnderstoodInstrumentsBraveVariousNobleHonourIdleAmusementDefenceOld WomanWalks Of Life Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.” HumansKindArtSometimesArtistDifficultHuman BeingsSacrificeOfficeOrdinaryArt IsInstrumentsInnateWorth LivingLife Worth Living Book:Modern Man in Search of a Soul Source: Modern Man in Search of a Soul
“No, no, don't let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust! Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others have been, an instrument that I can break before becoming the echoes of its vibration.” HeartHas BeensI CanBreakSacrificeShareBecomingInstrumentsLustVulnerableDisgustingEchoesVibrations Author:Rachilde