“When the war (WWI) finally ended it was necessary for both sides to maintain, indeed even to inflate, the myth of sacrifice so that the whole affair would not be seen for what it was: a meaningless waste of millions of lives. Logically, if the flower of youth had been cut down in Flanders, the survivors were not the flower: the dead were superior to the traumatized living. In this way, the virtual destruction of a generation further increased the distance between the old and the young, between the official and the unofficial.” IfsWayWarWholeYoungSidesMillionsCuttingGenerationsSacrificeYouthFlowerWasteDestructionDistanceAffairMythSuperiorsOfficialsSurvivorMeaninglessBoth SidesWwiFlanders Author:Robert Hughes
“Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things.” IfsHumansSelfPainSacrificeBraveryForgivingDearAllowingMeaninglessNobilitySelf SacrificeMeaningless Things Author:Walter M. Miller, Jr.
“A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.” HeartMadePainSacrificeReturnLessonsGainsOvercomingMade ItMeaninglessAlchemistIrreplaceableWithout Pain Author:Hiromu Arakawa
“A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something in return.” PainSacrificeReturnLessonsGainsMeaninglessWithout Pain Author:Hiromu Arakawa
“You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.” LifeInspirationalMotivationalActionCan DoGoneSacrificeMinutesActivityTenDividesTime ManagementMeaninglessUnits Author:Ingvar Kamprad