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“Through inculcating the notion that sacrifice is a virtue, Christianity has succeeded in convincing many people that misery incurred through sacrifice is a mark of virtue. Pain becomes the inignia of morality - and conversely, pleasure becomes the insignia of immorality. Christianity, therefore, does not say, "Go forth and be miserable." Rather, it says, "Go forth and practice the virtue of self-sacrifice." In practical terms, these commands are identical.”

“Fashion is the veriest goddess of semblance and of shade; to be happy is of far less consequence to her worshippers than to appear so; even pleasure itself they sacrifice to parade, and enjoyment to ostentation.”

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Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“That which especially distinguishes a high order of man from a low order of man, that which constitutes human goodness, human nobleness, is surely not the degree of enlightenment with which men pursue their own advantage; but it is self-forgetfulness; it is self-sacrifice; it is the disregard of personal pleasure, personal indulgence, personal advantage, remote or present, because some other line of conduct is more right.”

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Author:James Anthony Froude

“Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose acts are the acts of a man; who is present in some places, not in others; who makes no places holy and not others; who is kind to one person, unkind to another; who is pleased or angry according to the degree of attention you pay him, or praise you refuse to him; who is hostile generally to human pleasure, but may be bribed by sacrifice of a part of that pleasure into permitting the rest. This, whatever form of faith it colors, is the essence of superstition.”

Source: The Religion of Ruskin: The Life and Works of John Ruskin; a Biographical and Anthological Study

“The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we don't seem to take much pleasure in our buying, it's because we're engaged in the acts of sacrifice and self-definition. Abashed in the presence of expensive merchandise, we recognize ourselves . . . as suppliants admitted to a shrine.”

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Author:Lewis H. Lapham

“Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands for personal attendance. They should not carry their moods into the drawing-room or to the table, and, whether they are bored or not, should be ready to contribute as much as in their power to an atmosphere of pleasure. If the above involves too much self-sacrifice, then an invitation to visit should by no means be accepted.”

“For every pleasure, there must be a sacrifice.”

Pleasure Sacrifice

Author:O.R. Melling

“And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.”

Mind Earth Pleasure Sacrifice Valuable Peace Of Mind Acclaim

Author:George Sand

“The basic idea that the purpose of life is to be happy or is to experience the most favorable ratio of pleasure to suffering or productivity to work or gratification to sacrifice or any of that stuff, which, you know, a couple generations ago, to say that kind of stuff would have made you, you know, a freak - a freak and an Epicurean - and now seems to be so much - simply an unquestioned assumption of the culture that we don't really even talk about it anymore.”

“Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.”

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Book:Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814

Source: Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814

“If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready, at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while I do live, let me have a country, and that a free country!”

Ifs May Country Heaven Hours Pleasure Poor Sacrifice Ready Let Me Victim Offering Free Country

Author:John Adams

“Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes.”

Long Purpose Pleasure Sacrifice Range

Author:Louis Finkelstein

“If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.”

Source: Letters to Persons in the World

“But beneath it all will run that Sicilian understanding that the underside of joy is grief, that the face of sacrifice and suffering is the dark mirror image of pleasure and enjoyment, that every moment of arrival is to be treasured and enjoyed in the full knowledge that it has brought us a moment closer to the moment of departure.”

Moments Running Faces Joy Suffering Understanding Dark Pleasure Grief Sacrifice Mirrors Enjoyed Enjoyment Departure Arrivals Treasured Sicilian Mirror Image

Book:Sicilian Odyssey

Source: Sicilian Odyssey

“Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.”

Wells May Pleasure Sacrifice Conscience Deserve

Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes

“Fervent religious believers sacrifice pleasures of the body, but instead enjoy pleasures of the mind, including the joy of knowing that those men who didn't follow their religion would be tortured for eternity.”

Men Mind Body Would Be Joy Enjoy Religious Pleasure Knowing Sacrifice Eternity Including Believer Fervent

Author:Bertrand Russell

“There's no sacrifice in eating well, there is no sacrifice in pleasure. To the contrary, the best-grown food is actually the tastiest.”

Wells Pleasure Sacrifice Eating Contrary Eating Well

Author:Michael Pollan

“In the end men love better that for which they have made sacrifices than that through which they have enjoyed pleasures.”

Men Made Ends Love Is Pleasure Sacrifice Enjoyed

Author:David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel

“Metellus Numidicus, the censor, acknowledged to the Roman people, in a public oration, that had kind nature allowed us to exist without the help of women, we should be delivered from a very troublesome companion; and he could recommend matrimony only as the sacrifice of private pleasure to public duty.”

People Should Kind Helping Pleasure Sacrifice Duty Companion Matrimony Troublesome

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1: Complete in Eight Volumes

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1: Complete in Eight Volumes

“The belief that we are defending the highest good of the mothers of our race and the ultimate welfare of society makes every sacrifice seem trivial, every duty a pleasure.”

Seems Mother Belief Pleasure Race Sacrifice Duty Highest Ultimate Welfare

Author:Carrie Chapman Catt

“It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.”

Inspirational Pain Order Pleasure Clear Sacrifice Gains Philosophical

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it.”

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Author:George Will

“Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.”

“Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.”

Inspirational Giving Dream Bigs Inspiration Values Opportunity Grows Waiting Process Pleasure Steps Plans Sacrifice Events Willing Giving Up Commitment Seven Priorities Steps To Success

Author:John C. Maxwell

“You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity. You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they? When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably. Men seek but one thing in life -- their pleasure.”

“It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual called Man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns”

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Author:Marquis de Sade

“What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.”

Feelings Pleasure Sacrifice Comfort Preserves Nobility

Author:Susanna Clarke

“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?”

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Author:Edith Schaeffer

“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world." Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in "In the Dark Streets Shineth.”

“It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.”

Men Giving Suffering Difficult Pleasure Sacrifice Giving Up Not Giving Up Renounce

Author:G. I. Gurdjieff

“To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness, a readiness to put one's own pleasures aside for that of others, to be courteous to all, kind to those younger than yourself, helpful to your parents, even if helpfulness demands some slight sacrifice of your own pleasure. . .you must remember that these two qualities are the signs of Christian heroism.”

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Author:G.A. Henty

“The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.”

Happiness Courses Pleasure Sacrifice

Book:Loitering with Intent

Source: Loitering with Intent

“According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. Well, Hubert Humphrey may have sinned in the eyes of God, as we all do, but according to those definitions of Gandhi's, it was Hubert Humphrey without sin.”

Source: Jimmy Carter

“High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own pleasures to their children, than a hundred other woman.”

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Book:The Life of Samuel Johnson

Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson

“He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity.”

Pleasure Sacrifice Duty Approach Obligation All Time Sublimity

Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater

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