“The love of woman is a precious treasure. Tenderness has no deeper source, devotion no purer shrine, sacrifice no more saintlike abnegation.” SacrificeSourceDeeperTreasureDevotionPurityTendernessShrinesAbnegation Author:Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix
“It is not easy to explain why God permits evil; but it is impossible for an atheist to explain the existence of goodness. How could a spiritless, soul-less, cross-less, Godless universe become the center of faith, purity, sacrifice, and martyrdom? How can decency be the decent thing if there is no God? Since God is love, why should we be surprised that want of it should end in pain, hate, broken hearts, and war?” IfsWantShouldHeartWarSoulEndsPainHateUniverseEvilEasyExistenceImpossibleSacrificeBrokenGoodnessCrossesAtheistPurityDecentPermitDecencyThere Is No GodMartyrdomGod Is Love Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Labor came to humanity with the fall from grace and was at best a penitential sacrifice enabling purity through humiliation. Laborwas toil, distress, trouble, fatigue--an exertion both painful and compulsory. Labor was our animal condition, struggling to survive in dirt and darkness.” HumanityFallAnimalDarknessStruggleGraceTroubleSacrificeConditionsLaborPainfulPurityDirtDistressToilHumiliationFatigueEnablingExertionCompulsoryStruggling To SurviveFalls From Grace Author:Shoshana Zuboff
“Of all the human values, three are most important. The foremost is love of God. Where there is love there is sacrifice. There arises purity of heart. There should be a fusion of love, sacrifice and purity. They are not mere human qualities. They constitute vital organs of a human being. They are as essential for a human being as the head, hands and legs for the body. Without these attributes, no one is a complete human being.” ShouldHumansHeartImportantBodyHandsValuesThreeHuman BeingsQualitySacrificeEssentialsMereLegsAriseGod LovePurityAttributesOrgansFusionHuman ValuesHuman QualitiesLove Sacrifice Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.” PeopleCharacterSacrificeHonestyJudgingIndustryLabelsPurityCreedsSlogans Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Woman too commonly commits the sin of self-sacrifice whereby she consents to be sequestered in the home, without intellectual stimulus, so that the tranquil flame of her unspoiled soul should radiate purity and nobility upon an indefinitely extended family.” ShouldSoulSelfHomeSinSacrificeIntellectualCommitFlamesPurityConsentNobilityStimulusSelf SacrificeTranquilExtended Family Author:Rebecca West
“Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.” WarHumanityPeaceDifficultPerfectGreaterSacrificeDemandConscienceLaborPurityHeroicAntiwarHeroismFidelityAchieving Peace Book:The Nonviolent Alternative Source: The Nonviolent Alternative